The United States will withdraw 1,000 troops from Niger in a major blow to U.S. counterterrorism efforts in the Sahel, a vast semiarid region of western and north-central Africa where jihadist groups linked to al-Qaeda
JIHADIST MILITANCY IN THE SAHEL: STATE OF THE ART AND PROSPECTIVE SCENARIOS
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