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General Tiani tightens grip as regional rumblings grow louder

After failing to repel determined jihadist attacks, the Sahel juntas crack down on internal dissent

The latest round of arrests in Mali, amid reports of a planned putsch on 10 August, looks unlikely to change the centralisation of power in Bamako or in the neighbouring states – under Captain Ibrahim Traoré in Burkina Faso and General Abdourahamane Tiani in Niger. All three juntas are threatened by intensifying jihadist attacks. The junta’s legitimacy, rooted in their claimed ability to repulse the attacks, is wearing thin.

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