What Do We Know About Terrorism in the Sahel?

• In Event: Demand for Governance, Demand for Change

Brief Overview

Terrorism is assumed to be linked to economic status in the Sahel. Instead, the vulnerability to state failure leads terrified individuals to ironically congregate to rival groups under IS’s and al-Qaeda’s major brands of jihadism for safe-haven.

Authors

• Jean Tompihe, International University of Grand Bassam

• Abidat Ajibade, International University of Grand Bassam