Security in the Sahel Region: Challenges and Opportunities
Abstract
The Sahel is the vast, pivotal zone between the arid North Africa and the humid jungles of Central Africa. The region faces instability and disorder from a variety of causes that the states of the region cannot control on their own. Numerous factors contribute to this situation: the unstable governance, underdevelopment and economic problems, internal power struggles, high population pressure, growing activities of human and drug traffickers and terrorist organizations, and the Libyan crisis that had direct effects on the profusion of weapons of all kinds in the Sahel region. Moreover, economists and entrepreneurs consistently assert that security is a prerequisite for economic development and general investment. But none of them has questioned this proposition in the context of the contemporary Sahel. Therefore, aside from the obvious insecurity situation, the Sahel region illnesses seem to be multiple, but all of them have a common cause: underdevelopment.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Apr 29, 2015
- Accession Number
- AD1175806
Entities
People
- Ait Anouar
Organizations
- Marine Corps University