Making lasting peace in the Sahel

There is certainly no silver bullet, but long-term thinking and fidelity to reality-based policies could put Sahelian states on the path to stability.

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I: The economic, governance, and security problems in the Sahel didn’t start with the recent coups

Coups beget coups and tend to retard the process of political development. This is especially true with re…