Sahel conflicts

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Sahel conflicts are a series of overlapping armed struggles in the Sahel region of Africa involving jihadist insurgencies, communal violence, and state fragility that have created one of the world’s most severe humanitarian and security crises.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Insurgency in the Sahel 4
Northern Mali conflict 1
Sahel conflict 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (58)

Predicate Object
instanceOf armed conflict ⓘ
humanitarian crisis ⓘ
regional conflict ⓘ
security crisis ⓘ
characterizedBy attacks on humanitarian workers ⓘ
attacks on security forces ⓘ
cross‑border dynamics ⓘ
overlapping armed struggles ⓘ
terrorist attacks on civilians ⓘ
hasCause climate stress ⓘ
competition over natural resources ⓘ
marginalization of peripheral regions ⓘ
poverty ⓘ
proliferation of small arms ⓘ
spillover from Libyan civil war ⓘ
spread of jihadist ideology ⓘ
state fragility ⓘ
weak governance ⓘ
hasComponent communal violence ⓘ
cross‑border violence ⓘ
intercommunal conflict ⓘ
jihadist insurgency ⓘ
state–armed group conflict ⓘ
hasEffect civilian casualties ⓘ
disruption of education ⓘ
economic disruption ⓘ
food insecurity ⓘ
growth of ungoverned spaces ⓘ
mass displacement ⓘ
undermining of state authority ⓘ
involvesActor French armed forces ⓘ
linked to: French Armed Forces

United Nations peacekeeping missions ⓘ
national armed forces of Burkina Faso ⓘ
national armed forces of Mali ⓘ
linked to: Malian Armed Forces

national armed forces of Niger ⓘ
regional G5 Sahel Joint Force ⓘ
involvesCountry Burkina Faso ⓘ
Cameroon ⓘ
Central African Republic ⓘ
Chad ⓘ
Mali ⓘ
Mauritania ⓘ
Niger ⓘ
Nigeria ⓘ
involvesNonStateActor Boko Haram ⓘ
Islamic State West Africa Province ⓘ
Islamic State in the Greater Sahara ⓘ
Jama'at Nusrat al‑Islam wal‑Muslimin ⓘ
criminal networks ⓘ
ethnic militias ⓘ
local self‑defence militias ⓘ
locatedIn Africa ⓘ
Sahel ⓘ
recognizedAs one of the world’s most severe humanitarian crises ⓘ
one of the world’s most severe security crises ⓘ
significantEscalation 2012 ⓘ
2013 ⓘ
startTime early 2000s ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Trans-Saharan Africa → associatedWith → Sahel conflicts ⓘ
United Nations Security Council Resolution 2085 → subject → Northern Mali conflict ⓘ
linked to: Sahel conflicts
FAMa → conflict → Insurgency in the Sahel ⓘ
linked to: Sahel conflicts
Jama'at Nusrat al‑Islam wal‑Muslimin → conflict → Insurgency in the Sahel ⓘ
linked to: Sahel conflicts
ISGS → conflictInvolvedIn → Insurgency in the Sahel ⓘ
linked to: Sahel conflicts
Islamic State of the Greater Sahara → conflict → Insurgency in the Sahel ⓘ
linked to: Sahel conflicts
French Army special forces → engagement → Sahel conflict ⓘ
linked to: Sahel conflicts
Libya–France relations → affectedBy → Sahel insurgencies ⓘ
linked to: Sahel conflicts