West Africa: Has the Covid Pandemic Amplified Insecurity in the Sahel?

8 December 2021
analysis

The Sahel is reeling under escalating Islamist attacks. Is Africa's fight against the coronavirus eating up resources urgently needed to combat insurgency?

Only two police officers were on duty at the end of November when Islamists attacked and captured the village of Nadiagou in Burkina Faso's southwest near the borders with Togo and Benin.

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