G5 Sahel (Fight against terrorism, Doctorate)

Syllabus of the Online Course (Subject) - G5 Sahel: Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania and Niger.

1. Introduction to the G5 Sahel: Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania and Niger (África).
2. Threat of jihadist terrorism in the Sahel (Al-Qaeda in Islamic Maghreb, Movement for the Unity of Jihad in West Africa (MUJAO) - Al Mourabitoune, Boko Haram).
3. Objectives of the G5 Sahel: Fight against jihadist terrorism
4. Pilot scheme of the G5 Sahel
   1. Conference of Heads of State
   2. Minister Council
   3. Permanent Secretariat of the G5 Sahel
5. Partnerships of the G5 Sahel with France, the EU, Japan, the United Nations

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Description of the Online Course - G5 Sahel: Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania and Niger

The main objective of the G-5 Sahel is to ensure security in the Sahel, in particular to deal with the threat of jihadist terrorism (Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, Movement for Unity and Jihad in West Africa ) - Al Mourabitoune, Boko Haram).

The G5-Sahel is of vital importance to ensure security and end the jihadist threat in the Sahel.

1. The G5-Sahel member countries are Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania and Niger
2. The G-5 Sahel was created in February 2014
3. The headquarters of the G-5 Sahel: Mauritania
4. Except for Mauritania, all the countries of the G-5 Sahel are landlocked countries
5. Arabic and French are the main languages of the G-5 Sahel region

The G-5 Sahel seeks to improve living conditions of people in Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania and Niger, as well as to promote democracy and good governance in the Sahel.

The G5 Sahel has programs for transport infrastructures development, energy, hydraulics, telecommunications or food security.

The Sahel G5 focuses on transboundary, landlocked, low human density or weak state presence.

African regional economic communities related to countries of the G5 Sahel:

1. Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania and Niger belong to the Community of Sahel-Saharan States (CEN-SAD) and Trade Preferential System among the Member States of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (TPS-OIC)
2. All the G5 Sahel countries except Mauritania belong to:
   1. Niger Basin Authority
   2. Organisation for the Harmonisation of Business Law in Africa (OHADA)
3. Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger belong to:
   1. Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)
   2. West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU)
4. Chad belongs to:
   1. Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS)
   2. Central African Economic and Monetary Community (CEMAC)
5. Mauritania belongs to the Arab Maghreb Union (AMU)

Logistics related to the G5 Sahel countries:

1. Trans-Sahelian Highway
2. Dakar-Lagos Corridor
3. Cairo-Dakar Corridor
4. Algiers-Lagos Corridor
5. Lagos-Mombasa Corridor
6. Tripoli-Windhoek
7. N’Djamena-Djibouti Corridor
8. The nearest port of Burkina Faso is the Port of Abidjan
9. The nearest port of Chad is the Port of Douala
10. The most used port to access to the Malian market is the Port of Dakar and Port of Cotonou to access to Niger

The main religion in the Sahel G5 region is Islam:

1. Virtually the entire population of Mali, Mauritania and Niger is Muslim
2. In Chad Islam represents 44% of Chadian population and Christianity 33%
3. In Burkina Faso, 60% of the population is Muslim
4. In Chad and Burkina Faso, the influence of African Traditional Religions is very significant

The Sahel G5 countries belong to three economic spaces of African Civilisation:

1. Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger belong to West African Economic Area
2. Mauritania to Maghrebian Economic Area
3. Chad to Central African Economic Area

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