U.S. efforts can advance peace with a wider scope, deeper integration to its efforts.
Thursday, March 21, 2024 / By: Kris Inman; Matthew Edds-Reitman
As military coups and violent insurgencies have spread across Africa’s Sahel over the past decade, U.S. policy has professed to recognize and address their interconnections across the region, notably through the Trans-Sahara Counterterrorism Partnership. Yet this effort remains insufficient to meet the scale and complexity of the violence and the underlying failures of governance. Extremist groups continue to expand their territorial control, funding and violence. A more integrated — and geographically broadened — response is needed to marshal the full strength of U.S. and partners’ tools across the region, from Guinea to Sudan. We can offer options for four vital improvements.
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