The peace and security landscape of the region remains precarious with the situation in the Sahel region and Nigeria described as “extremely volatile”. WANEP National Early Systems (NEWS) also point to a geographic expansion of extremist attacks in Mali from North and Centre westwards towards Senegal’s Kedougou and Tambacounda regions. Furthermore, there is an increase in the frequency of attacks and fatalities in Northern Cote d’Ivoire, Togo, and Benin bordering Burkina Faso.
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