Sahel: terrorism and surge of trafficking
Limam Nadawa consultant, centre4s.org
Terrorists attacks in Tinzwaten Mali, Niger oil pipeline, Barsalogho Burkina Faso and Barkaram island… It should be remembered that the advent of terrorism and the war in Libya have exacerbated various forms of trafficking in the Sahel: mainly firearms, drugs, fuel, medicines, cigarettes, migrants and human beings. The worse the insecurity becomes, the more these scourges grow, increasing profits but also the number of their ghostly actors. In complicity with a number of official authorities, these war profiteers strive to perpetuate the conflicts that are ravaging the Sahel.