The Sahel has become the deadliest region for t*rrorism, surpassing the rest of the world’s combined related deaths for the first time, according to the Global Terrorism Index’s latest report.
The 2011 Western-backed overthrow of Libya’s Muammar Gaddafi (1942-2011), led to an influx of weapons and fighters southward, destabilising the Sahara Desert and the Sahel region, as figures show from the years preceding Gaddafi’s ouster.
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Western attempts to occupy Sahelian countries to provide ‘security’ did not help as t*rrorism-related deaths have only soared since 2011. Further, a lack of trust in France, which formerly colonised much of West Africa, and statements by former French officials and an intelligence officer hint at France trying to return to the Sahel in some form, whether through official military occupations or destabilisation.
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Sources:
Global Terrorism Index
https://www.visionofhumanity.org/maps/global-terrorism-index/#/
Sahel epicenter for terrorism
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp8vyl3j5kko
Mali accuses France of supporting terrorism
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/8/17/mali-accuses-france-of-arming-non-state-actors
US drone base in Niger
https://taskandpurpose.com/news/us-military-drone-missions-niger-halted/
Deaths before and during Western military occupation
https://theintercept.com/2023/04/02/us-military-counterterrorism-niger/
France destabilization plans
https://x.com/i/status/1707032249122664490
Niger booted French and US troops
NATO created terrorism in Sahel
Vincent Crouzet