‘The juntas in Mali and Niger have ended the policy of engagement with Saharan communities, exacerbating the jihadist crisis in the region. “Terrorism” does not begin to describe the sense of generalised insecurity and imminent threat.’
Rahmane Idrissa on the Sahara.
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