International report - Turkey boosts Mali defence ties after separatist and jihadist attacks

International report - Turkey boosts Mali defence ties after separatist and jihadist attacks

Turkey’s efforts to expand its influence in West Africa could be threatened by attacks on Mali’s military regime, as Ankara pledges support while its growing security cooperation with Bamako faces new pressure.

The forgotten Jihadist crisis in the Sahel

In battle, when soldiers retreat from cities, they may fight back with a strategy, but when the general is killed, the army is decapacitated. Currently, Mali is facing a crisis in which state security is being challenged from all sides, with seismic repercussions across the Sahel coup belt.By Ahsan AliMali is facing a crisis with the separatist Tuareg rebels under the Azawad, which wants a separate state in the north, and Al-Qaeda-linked JNIM wa…