%0 Journal Article 
%A Echevarría Jesús, Carlos
%T Risks and Threats in the Western Sahel. Radicalization and Terrorism in the Sub-Region
%D 2015
%@ 2341-0868
%U http://hdl.handle.net/10498/19530
%X This article addresses the most important security challenges existing in the Western
Sahel countries, an emerging sub-region encompassing Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, and
Niger. The sub-region is very much affected by developments in neighboring countries such as
Algeria, Libya, and Nigeria, among others. A number of recent processes – the Arab revolts and
their effects in Libya and Egypt, the reinforcement of Boko Haram as a regional terrorist threat, etc
– have contributed to aggravate insecurity in a region that suffers environmental problems, political
instability, inter-communitarian tensions and illegal traffcking since a number of decades ago. All
these risks and threats are inviting states and international organizations to become more and more
involved in order to provide responses and, eventually, solutions.


%K Al Qaida in the Lands of the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM)
%K Al Qaida en las Tierras del Magreb Islámico (AQMI)
%K Al Qaida dans le Maghreb Islamique (AQMI)
%K Ansar Eddine
%K Boko Haram
%K CEMOC (Coordination of Major Staffs from Algeria, Niger, Mali, and Mauritania)
%K CEMOC o Coordinación de Estados Mayores de Argelia, Níger, Malí y Mauritania)
%K CEMOC (Coordination des états-majors de l’ Algérie, le Mali, la Mauritanie et le Niger)
%K G-5 Sahel Organization
%K Misión de las Naciones Unidas para la Estabilización de Malí (MINUSMA)
%K Mission des Nations unis pour la Stabilisation du Mali (MINUSMA)
%K MUJAO (Movement for Unity and Jihad in Western Africa)
%K illegal traffcking
%K MINUSMA (United Nations Mission for the Stabilization of Mali)
%K Movimiento para la Unicidad del Islam y el Yihad en África Occidental (MUYAO)
%K Organización G-5 del Sahel
%K tráfcos ilícitos
%K Mouvement pour l’ Unicité et pour le Jihad dans l’ Afrique Occidentale (MUJAO)
%K Organisation du G-5
%K traffcs illicites
%~ Universidad de Cádiz