Jihad in West African Sahel: Rise of a New Caliphate?

• المؤلف الرئيسي: Quivooij, Romain
• مؤلفون آخرون: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• التنسيق: Commentary
• اللغة: English
• منشور في: 2017
• الموضوعات: Country and Region Studies; Global
• الوصول للمادة أونلاين: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/82811; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/42309
• المؤسسة: Nanyang Technological University

As the self-styled Islamic State loses ground in Iraq, Syria and Libya, Al Qaeda looks to unify its forces in Western Sahel. The AQ network aims to strengthen its foothold in this poor and unstable region of northern Africa, but the scope and impact of such an action should not be overestimated.