West Africa’s Next Security Crisis Is Already in Motion

West Africa’s Next Security Crisis Is Already in Motion

West Africa is facing a growing security threat that is moving south from the Sahel into coastal states, and the governance gaps enabling this expansion are still not being addressed with the urgency required. Development Diaries reports that fighters linked to Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM) recently overran the military base in Djibo, Burkina Faso, killing up to 200 soldiers in an attack that now forms part of a wider pattern of es…