The Situation in Mali & Its Impact on The Sahel Sahara
The Situation in Mali & Its Impact on The Sahel Sahara Briefing
by Ahmedou ould Abdallah, President of the Center 4s May 8, 2012
in Nouakchott, Mauritania
The crisis in the Sahel from Libya to Mali
The anarchy that is developing in Mal, after the crisis that stroke with the military coup against President Amadou Toumani Toure (ATT) undermines the stability across Sahel Sahara. It also reopens the debate on the weight of Islamist groups and the impact of the fall of Colonel Gaddafi’s regime for the region.
Sahel-Saharan Africa: Global Problems That Require Global Solutions
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e Sahel-Saharan region is a large, arid area in the deserted Northern part of Africa. It runs from East to West in between Senegal and the confines of Sudan. The population is sparse and very difficult to reach in this strip of land. Today, the region has become a no man’s land out of any State control.
THE SAHARA SAHEL AT THE JUNCTION OF A DOUBLE CHALLENGE: INSECURITY AND ENVIRONMENT.
Growing insecurity engendered by international terrorism and trafficking of all kinds in the Sahel Sahara area should not obscure an even more pernicious reality: that of a vast band of land nearly decimated by climate degradation. There is nowhere on this planet a place as bleak, or as damaged. The fauna, flora and the men are trapped in a climate tragedy.
Sahel Sahara : Boko Haram, MNLA and Informal Networks
“Established a few months ago in Nouakchott (Mauritania), the Center 4s has set itself a goal: to make sure that the Sahel Sahara will remain the actor of its own destiny, and not a concern or an additional source of instability for the international community.”