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Sahel Insurgencies

2012 – ongoing West Africa Status: active Casualties: 40,000+ since 2012

Jihadist insurgencies across the Sahel. France withdrew 2022–23; Russian Africa Corps (ex-Wagner) now props up junta governments. Millions face famine. The AES alliance has broken with the West.

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Belligerents

  • Mali
  • Burkina Faso
  • Niger (AES junta)
  • JNIM
  • ISGS

Casualties

40,000+ since 2012

From World at War, an interactive atlas by Jairus Pereira. Figures are approximate, drawn from Wikipedia, UCDP, ACLED and academic sources — a design artefact, not an authoritative register. Contact.