The Sahel intervention as a case study of France’s security policy in Sub-Saharan Africa

By primarily highlighting the consequences of France’s engagement in the Sahel along with EU involvement, the paper underlines the dangers of the destabilization of the Sahel spilling over into the Gulf of Guinea. [...] However, the Partnership was never implemented in practice as, less than a year later, in January 2020, France introduced an alternative framework known as the "Coalition for the Sahel." The division of labor within the Coalition for the Sahel was formalized, with the European Union assuming the role of enhancing the capabilities of state forces and France taking on the primary duty of combating a. [...] The appointment of a Special Envoy for the Sahel, the increasing involvement of Agence Française de Développement (AFD) and the establishment of the Sahel Alliance further complemented the French efforts to stabilize the region (Comms & Comms, 2021). [...] Assistance fell For the Sahel region, the provision of limited aid resources towards the five Sahel states short of its as well as the consistent allocation of development assistance on counterinsurgency commitments and measures rather than the political objectives stated in the official documents can be partly objectives, namely in terms of the explained by the securitization of French developmen. [...] Notably, prominent example of the disparities generated can be found on the overlapping nature of responsibilities given to the EUCAP Sahel Mali and the Sahel Alliance, exemplifying the challenges associated with aligning the support towards the security sector reform and the police rejuvenation with the wider development initiatives (Freitag, 2021).