Source: International Christian Concern, January 16, 2025
About 400 million people inhabit the Sahel, a narrow strip of the vast African continent hugging the Sahara desert’s southern reaches and stretching from Senegal’s Atlantic coastline in the west to the Red Sea in the east. The Sahel is a region plagued by extreme poverty, deep civil unrest, and rampant extremism that threatens to eradicate the very fabric of society.
In many parts of the region, law and governance have been practically abolished, supplanted by terrorist forces intent on establishing their vision of an Islamic caliphate.
Terrorist groups in the Sahel are increasingly taking the place of failed governments.
Read the full story. Not exactly “new” news, is it? But there have been some recent developments. See some helpful articles (from Justin Long’s Weekly Roundup): West Africa’s junta-led nations announce deployment of a joint force as extremist violence spikes (AP) and Nigeria’s cocoa industry in shambles as farmers battle theft, violence (Human Angle).