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Vol 63 No 25

Published 15th December 2022


Can Macron's new Sahel strategy work?

Rising hostility to Paris embarrasses regional governments as they seek French help to halt the southward spread of jihadist violence

It must have been with private relief that President Emmanuel Macron greeted England's 3-0 defeat of Senegal in the FIFA World Cup, thus sparing Les Bleus from a next-round clash with the Lions of Teranga on 10 December. Confrontation with an ex-African colony is the last thing the Elysée needs in the currently hot geopolitical climate.

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