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Sahel Monitoring June 2025
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Sahel Monitoring July 2025
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DRC Ceasefire Collapse; Turkish Troops to Niger; El Fasher on the Brink: Africa File, September 25, 2025
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The Sahel region is experiencing significant strategic realignments, driven by a resurgence of nationalism, the retrenchment of Western states previously influential in Sub-Saharan Africa, and a geographically expanding rivalry between Maghreb heavyweights Morocco and Algeria.