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Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger and Chad

Ketil Fred Hansen
Review written by Ketil Fred Hansen
Jihad in Africa. Terrorism and counter-terrorism in the Sahel
Forfatter: Edoardo Balaro & Luca Ranieri
Forlag: Il Mulino (Italia)
AFRICA / In Norway, interest in the Sahel is growing: With the fall of Gaddafi in 2011, both the strength and the number of rebel groups in the Sahel increased. After the start of the global war on terror in 2001, more and more countries have taken an interest in this large area. But aren't the Islamists fighting here primarily against the West?




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Ketil Fred Hansen
Ketil Fred Hansen
Hansen is a professor of social sciences at UiS and a regular reviewer at Ny Tid.

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