Between hybrid fragilities and competing international agendas in the Sahel: What prospects for the region?

Bringing together some thirty stakeholders in security, research, international organisations, and civil society in the region, the conference provided a forum for dialogue and debate on the causes of the advanced and ongoing deterioration of the regional situation, based on an in-depth examination of a combination of factors identified as sources of this deterioration. These factors include the growing social, economic, and climatic vulnerabilities giving rise to resource scarcity, the rising power of jihadist movements, the structural fragility of the national governments, and a surge in organised crime.

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