Niger: a Sahel country bumping along (catch all)

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Try this WoTR article which is a gem on the often confusing and deteriorating situation. Here is a taster:

Though some armed groups have adopted jihadist ideologies, the proliferation of these groups remains an intensely local phenomenon. The central cause of conflict in most cases is the behavior of state actors, not the spontaneous appearance of foreign jihadists.

Link:https://warontherocks.com/2018/02/th...-in-the-sahel/