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Africa’s Sahel Region: Hotbed Of Chaos And Terrorism
Hattip to badanov. Long, with map and video, so get a large cup of coffee or your favourite equivalent, dear Reader, and enjoy some Sunday reading.
[SouthFront] The situation in the Sahel region is rapidly deteriorating and the region is about to turn into the zone of chaos and terrorism. According to the US, EU and the UN, it is becoming the new global frontline in the fight against terror, but the current news of the region are discouraging, at best.

The Sahel region is an area situated between North African countries and those of sub-Saharan Africa.

The countries that are most afflicted by violence from armed jihadist groups are Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso.

Burkina Faso, for example, has recorded more than 700 deaths and 500,000 internally displaced persons and refugees as a result of incursions by armed groups since 2015.
This would never have happened if it was still Upper Volta
Posted by: trailing wife 2019-12-08
http://www.rantburg.com/poparticle.php?ID=557583