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spending instead of doing more to help the war on terror inside why does france care so much about sahil as is almost always the case it's about africa's natural resources the border of mali and niger is lined with your rainy and minds are vitally important for french power stations of course it's also dangerous if islamic fundamentalists grow an influence there they would only need to travel through libya for a direct line to the european continent and with sahil being half the size of europe it's not easy to isolate terrorist cells as for paris well it shifts the blame to the african states which can't cope with these challenges alone it almost seems like afghanistan all over again deteriorating government control and growing influence from islamic radicals. for more now for more on this we can now cross live to historian gerald horne gerald as always you're one of the people i want to talk to when it comes to situations like this in your what do you see as the root causes of the recent surge in terrorist activity in west africa particularly in. a fossil. what you need to realize that'

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african states have discussed fund raising a support fight against increasing violent attacks in the sahil the vast and remote area of the southern side as it spans many borders and it's difficult to police against the rise of several different on groups including some which are affiliated to iso and al qaeda i might address reports now from. the $56.00 ordinary summit over a course was anything but ordinary these are particularly difficult times for the region as attacks by armed groups of escalated in recent months. the rising violence in the hell in other parts of west africa double aid to the speeches. nigeria's president whose country has had to deal with the threat from boko haram for the past 10 years he says closer cooperation is needed along with more international support terrorism remains the major threat to the peace and progress of egypt but it attacks by terrorists groups remind us of the agency to lead and do added security partnership to come grown to the evil of grows terrorism. echoes chairman and the just president whose country recently lost 71 soldiers in an attack by

west states have discussed fund raising to support the fight against increased violent attacks in the sahil region of austin a remote area of the silence aren't as it stands many protests and it's difficult to police against the rise of several different on creeps into doing some of them which are affiliated to i.c.l. and al qaida i'm not interested for it's now from. the 56 ordinary summit of course was anything but ordinary these are particularly difficult times for the region as attacks by armed groups have escalated in recent months. the rising violence in the same hell in other parts of west africa dominated the speeches. nigeria's president whose country has had to deal with the threat from boko haram for the past 10 years he says closer cooperation is needed along with more international support terrorism remains the major threat to the peace and progress in egypt regarding attacks by terrorist groups remind us of that i didn't see to read and do it in situ egypt but initially to come grown to include sheikh the evil of gross buddha tenet is an. echo as chairman and then just preside