African Sahel terror threat doesn’t add up

many unanswered questions about the unrest in the region

I told you in a recent post that the US designated the Sahel region of Africa the new centre of global terrorism and the U.S. military has begun making public statements about it. More specifically General Michael Langley of AFRICOM.

At first glance, it might seem like just another policy update but when you dig a little deeper, it doesn’t quite add up.

In most cases, when we talk about terrorism, we can point to specific groups: who they are, what they believe, and what they want. Terrorists usually make their demands known, they want power, territory, ideology enforced, or revenge.

They release videos. They claim attacks. They try to send a message.

But in the case of the Sahel, no one can explain what these supposed terror groups are actually after. There’s no message, no manifesto, no known leadership. Just vague reports of “extremists” causing instability across multiple countries.

And that leads to bigger questions:

If these groups are real, how are they surviving in one of the most unforgiving regions on Earth? Who’s giving them weapons? How are they moving so easily across borders?

And why is all of this sudden attention happening now, as Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso have started rejecting foreign military presence and forming their own alliance?

It’s hard not to notice the timing.

As soon as these countries began asserting independence, especially by distancing themselves from France and questioning U.S. military involvement, suddenly the terror threat narrative ramped up.

Now, this doesn’t mean there’s no violence in the region. There is. But the way it’s being presented doesn’t feel organic. It feels strategic.

So when you hear officials claim that the region is a global danger, ask the basic questions first:

Who are the terrorists? What do they want? And why now?

If the answers stay vague, the story probably isn’t about terrorism, it’s about something else.

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