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Vol 63 No 5

Published 3rd March 2022


Niger

Terrorisme sans frontières

The relocation of European troops from Mali to Niger holds political risks for President Bazoum but may avert a wider security breakdown

Geography helps explain why President Mohamed Bazoum overcame his initial reluctance to host European and French troops after they were expelled from Mali this month. Bazoum understood how close the jihadists were to Niger's border with Mali, and how little those borders mean to them.

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