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More holistic approaches are now being used, but they still see conflict and violence through a counter-terrorism lens.
ince it started nine years ago, the Sahel security crisis has claimed tens of thousands of lives, forcibly displaced millions, and triggered record levels of food shortages. Last year alone it claimed nearly 6 500 lives in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger.
Widespread violence and insecurity have sparked a severe humanitarian crisis, with an estimated 13.4 million people needing immediate assistance by October 2020 – 20% of the region’s population.
The situation is particularly alarming in the Liptako-Gourma region, where Mali, Niger and Burkina share porous borders. Attacks by violent extremist groups and other armed actors combine with illicit activities, local conflicts and communal violence to further weaken a region that’s long suffered from governance deficiencies.
Nica Richards Questions have arisen as to how much liquor has been confiscated since a mass disposal took place in October last year and security experts, it is not outside the realm of possibility of confiscated booze being sold on the black market by cops themselves. Police say they seized alcohol worth around R1 million from a tavern owner in Thornhill, Eastern Cape on 31 December 2020. File image. Since the latest reinstated ban on the sale of alcohol in December last year, police have conducted a number of confiscations. Questions have now arisen as to how much liquor has been confiscated since a “symbolic disposal” by police in October last year. During the disposal, 6,127 litres of alcoholic “concoctions” and 6,568 litres of home-brewed liquor was destroyed. This was, however just a portion of the 1
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The Boko Haram insurgency has had devastating consequences on Lake Chad boat transporters, a socio-economic group that has been the locomotive of local trade for decades. An effective crisis response must address the needs of this often overlooked group.
Interventions to deal with the Boko Haram threat have largely ignored the impact on the economic activity of boat drivers who have been affected since 2015. Not being able to cross over to Nigeria has deprived Chadian boat operators of their main, if not their only, source of livelihood.
Before the Boko Haram crisis, generations of boat drivers contributed to a flourishing formal and informal economy based on the movement of people and goods. Their activity helped make the Lake Chad Basin a sub-regional trade hub. Compared to road transport, boats offered a faster solution to delivering large quantities of goods. This meant income for traders and boat drivers, and lower prices for consumers.
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Terrorism has disrupted a thriving regional trade hub sustained by generations of boat drivers.
The Boko Haram insurgency has had devastating consequences on Lake Chad boat transporters, a socio-economic group that has been the locomotive of local trade for decades. An effective crisis response must address the needs of this often overlooked group.
Interventions to deal with the Boko Haram threat have largely ignored the impact on the economic activity of boat drivers who have been affected since 2015. Not being able to cross over to Nigeria has deprived Chadian boat operators of their main, if not their only, source of livelihood.