https://tankie.tube/videos/watch/7581738b-63e5-40d8-bd62-ba4096356302 Africa’s Sahel region encompasses Mauritania, Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso and Chad and has been an arena of French colonialism, liberation struggles, ongoing imperialist interventions, the war on terror, and coups d’etat. To discuss this and more Rania Khalek, was joined by Hannah Rae Armstrong, a long-time researcher with years of experience living and working in Algeria, Mauritania, Morocco and then covering the Sahel for the International Crisis Group from her base in Senegal. Hannah’s latest article in Foreign Affairs: https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/morocco/2022-05-12/north-africas-frozen-conflict Listen to every episode of Rania Khalek Dispatches anywhere you get podcasts. Apple: https://apple.co/3zeYpeW Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3za9DRK TIME CODES 1:03 What is the Sahel? 5:12 Causes of destabilization 8:21 Borders 13:14 Impact of regime change in Libya 16:21 Local conflict exacerbated by counterterrorism efforts 20:02 Role of the Gulf countries in Sahel Jihadist groups 28:35 Why is France obsessed w/ the Sahel? 34:57 Impact of French intervention in Mali 41:18 Why so many coups in Mali? 44:32 Why are the French leaving Mali? 50:35 Russian interests in Mali 54:58 Turkey, Israel, Morocco & Algeria in the Sahel 1:00:15 US role in the Sahel Thu, 09 Apr 2026 03:42:19 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://tankie.tube https://tankie.tube/lazy-static/avatars/3ba3ff73-a8b6-49c9-add8-9653ef090c7f.webp https://tankie.tube/videos/watch/7581738b-63e5-40d8-bd62-ba4096356302 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://tankie.tube/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.