ABIDJAN: Terrorists have intensified their offensives in the Sahel region in recent weeks, carrying out bloody raids in Mali, incursions into major cities in Burkina Faso and inflicting heavy army losses in Niger. The three Sahel states’ military juntas, who had pledged during the coups that brought them to power to make security a priority, are struggling to contain the advance of extremists, who are threatening more than ever neighboring countries on the west African coast. The last few weeks have been particularly deadly in the Sahel.

Les dernières semaines ont été particulièrement meurtrières, avec plusieurs centaines de soldats tués dans diverses attaques au Mali, au Burkina Faso et au Niger.

ABIDJAN: Terrorists have intensified their offensives in the Sahel region in recent weeks, carrying out bloody raids in Mali, incursions into major cities in Burkina Faso and…

Unos 300 soldados de Malí, Burkina Faso y Níger han sido asesinados en el último mes a manos de las filiales de Al Qaeda y del Estado Islámico en la región