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Dialogue with Jihadists in Niger: Potentials, Limits, Failure

Megatrends Policy Brief 31, 11.12.2024, 10 Pages

doi:10.18449/2024MTA-PB31

Besides military operations, Niger’s President Mohamed Bazoum (2021–2023) used dialogue to address jihadist violence. However, the fragmentation and commercialisation of initiatives and a lack of coordination between civil and military measures hindered the promotion of sustainable peace. 

Bazoum speaks to displaced persons, Diffa

Mohamed Bazoum speaks to people at the Boudouri site for displaced persons, outside the town of Diffa, in southeastern Niger, June 18, 2016.