West Africa's Sahel struggles to contain deadly Jihadist groups that have infiltrated communities. Leaders of G5 Sahel countries gathered in Niamey for emergency talks after Niger faced the most spectacular military attack on its soil since the Jihadist gained a foothold in this region. " The endless attacks carried out by terrorist groups in our region remind us not only of the gravity of the situation, but also the urgency for us to work more closely together, " said Roch Marc Christian Kabor é, The President of Burkina Faso. Burkina Faso and Niger are part of the G5 Sahel, a regional military initiative that includes Mali, Mauritania, Chad and Niger, that was formed in 2014 to rout out jihadist groups affiliated with Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State. The body is backed the United states, the United Nations and the former colonial power France, who some activists in Mali and neighboring Burkina Faso blame for the escalating violence. Why is there a tussle between IS and ...
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