Sahelistan worries the Maghreb

Si far, so close. From the Mediterranean shores to the borders of the Center Sahel, expanses of desert could look like foothills. But there are no moats or walls, you can move around in this desert domesticated by tribes, bustling professionals, smugglers without borders. What is happening in the Sahel, this band made up of ten states, starting from Mauritania to Sudan, seemed destined to stay in the Sahel. Two groups, Daesh and Al-Qaeda, are bent on dynamiting the stability and serenity of part of the Sahelian strip: Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger. The corpses of civilians are numerous.

For years, diplomats or barbouzes were formal: “No proof of porosity between the Sahel Center and the Maghreb. » Between the Malian desert and…