Sahel Region in February 2026: the most important developments in security
In the Sahel in February 2026, the leading security story was in Mali, where a series of jihadist attacks on fuel tankers disrupted supplies. The government was seeking to build a strategic fuel stockpile and to secure alternative routes and storage to limit the effect of such attacks on energy security.
In Niger, Islamist militants attacked the Diori Hamani International Airport in the capital, Niamey. The attack was repelled with Russian assistance, and Egypt strongly condemned it. In a separate incident in the country, gunmen killed one person and set fire to a church and a police station.
by WorldBrief & Maksim Micheliov | AI-generated summary
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