| Description |
1 online resource (ii, 30 pages) : color map |
| Series |
Africa report ; no. 227 |
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ICG Africa report ; no. 227
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| Contents |
Introduction -- Instability : an issue of governance? -- Alternate forms of governance -- Policy responses -- Conclusion |
| Summary |
"The huge, sparsely populated, impoverished Sahel is affected by growing numbers of jihadi extremists and illicit activities, including arms, drugs and human trafficking, estimated to generate $3.8 billion annually. Borders are porous, government reach limited. Populations and unemployment are soaring. Within this perfect storm of actual and potential instability, criminal networks increasingly overrun Central Sahel -- the Fezzan in Libya's south, Niger and the Lake Chad Basin. State authority is weak in relatively stable Niger. To the south, the radical Islamist, primarily Nigerian, Boko Haram insurgency is responsible for thousands of civilian deaths and more than a million displaced. Western and regional counter-terrorism efforts are insufficient, but neither have more integrated approaches proposed by the EU and UN borne fruit. Without holistic, sustained action against entrenched criminal networks, misrule and underdevelopment, instability is likely to spread and exacerbate radicalisation and migration"--Publisher's web site |
| Notes |
"25 June 2015." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ICG, viewed July 1, 2015) |
| Subject |
Political stability -- Sahel
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Radicalism -- Sahel
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Transnational crime -- Sahel
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Political stability.
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Politics and government.
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Radicalism.
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Transnational crime.
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| SUBJECT |
Sahel -- Politics and government -- 21st century
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| Subject |
Africa -- Sahel.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
International Crisis Group, issuing body
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