# The Sahel Security Crisis

- Canonical URL: https://afrostrategy.org/dossier/sahel-security-crisis/
- Author: AfroStrategy
- Published: 2026-09-04
- Subjects: Governance & Institutions, Peace, Security & Conflict, Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, Western Africa

> A curated dossier tracking security deterioration, political transitions, regional responses and external competition across the Sahel.

## Content

The Sahel has become one of Africa’s most consequential strategic theatres. This dossier brings together analysis on insecurity, military transitions, regional institutions, external actors, economic pressure and the changing political order across the region.