Benin: Wadagni Opens a Strategic Reset with the Sahel Juntas | African Security Analysis
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Benin: Wadagni Opens a Strategic Reset with the Sahel Juntas | African Security Analysis
Benin’s new president Romuald Wadagni is reshaping the country’s Sahel policy from confrontation to calculated engagement. Key moves include re-engaging with Niger and Burkina Faso and embracing a broader Alliance of Sahel States (AES) approach, driven by security and economic imperatives along Benin’s northern frontier. The shift aims to deconflict, improve intelligence and border management, restore cross-border trade, and reduce jihadist pressures that exploit weak state p
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