{"id":1445,"date":"2022-02-22T11:46:48","date_gmt":"2022-02-22T11:46:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/appsaf.apieproject.com\/news\/?p=1445"},"modified":"2022-02-22T11:46:49","modified_gmt":"2022-02-22T11:46:49","slug":"lessons-must-be-learnt-before-barkhane-marches-into-new-territory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/appsaf.apieproject.com\/news\/2022\/02\/22\/lessons-must-be-learnt-before-barkhane-marches-into-new-territory\/","title":{"rendered":"Lessons must be learnt before Barkhane marches into new territory"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>Following the same counter-terrorism strategy in other parts of West Africa could see insecurity worsening in littoral states.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>French President Emmanuel Macron has announced the withdrawal of Barkhane and Takuba forces from Mali, but expressed commitment to \u2018continue \u2026 joint action against terrorism in the Sahel region, particularly in Niger and the Gulf of Guinea.\u2019 Presenting a common front, Macron announced this at a press conference that included the presidents of Senegal and Ghana \u2013 who are chairing the African Union and the Economic Community of West African States respectively \u2013 and the president of the European Union (EU) Council. Their sentiments echoed those of Macron.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But will France and its allies simply shift their anchorage in the region? Or will they transform their strategies based on lessons learnt from their previous interventions ? The 17 February announcement, also backed by Canada, was made against the backdrop of a deteriorating relationship between Mali, France and other European and West African countries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following the same counter-terrorism strategy in other parts of West Africa could see insecurity worsening in littoral states. French President Emmanuel Macron has announced the withdrawal of Barkhane and Takuba forces from Mali, but expressed commitment to \u2018continue \u2026 joint action against terrorism in the Sahel region, particularly in Niger and the Gulf of Guinea.\u2019 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12963,"featured_media":1446,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,15],"tags":[7,151,26,25],"class_list":{"0":"post-1445","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"category-politics","9":"tag-apie-project","10":"tag-mali-2","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-politics"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Lessons must be learnt before Barkhane marches into new territory - APIE NEWS<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/appsaf.apieproject.com\/news\/2022\/02\/22\/lessons-must-be-learnt-before-barkhane-marches-into-new-territory\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Lessons must be learnt before Barkhane marches into new territory - APIE NEWS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Following the same counter-terrorism strategy in other parts of West Africa could see insecurity worsening in littoral states. French President Emmanuel Macron has announced the withdrawal of Barkhane and Takuba forces from Mali, but expressed commitment to \u2018continue \u2026 joint action against terrorism in the Sahel region, particularly in Niger and the Gulf of Guinea.\u2019 [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/appsaf.apieproject.com\/news\/2022\/02\/22\/lessons-must-be-learnt-before-barkhane-marches-into-new-territory\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"APIE NEWS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/facebook.com\/apieproject\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-02-22T11:46:48+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-02-22T11:46:49+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/appsaf.apieproject.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2022\/02\/po-eng-3.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"512\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"staff\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@apieproject\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@apieproject\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"staff\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/appsaf.apieproject.com\/news\/2022\/02\/22\/lessons-must-be-learnt-before-barkhane-marches-into-new-territory\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/appsaf.apieproject.com\/news\/2022\/02\/22\/lessons-must-be-learnt-before-barkhane-marches-into-new-territory\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"staff\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/appsaf.apieproject.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/399517cac378948cd7b39086f9ddc2a7\"},\"headline\":\"Lessons must be learnt before Barkhane marches into new territory\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-02-22T11:46:48+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-02-22T11:46:49+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/appsaf.apieproject.com\/news\/2022\/02\/22\/lessons-must-be-learnt-before-barkhane-marches-into-new-territory\/\"},\"wordCount\":166,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/appsaf.apieproject.com\/news\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/appsaf.apieproject.com\/news\/2022\/02\/22\/lessons-must-be-learnt-before-barkhane-marches-into-new-territory\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/appsaf.apieproject.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2022\/02\/po-eng-3.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"apie project\",\"mali\",\"news\",\"politics\"],\"articleSection\":[\"News\",\"Politics\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/appsaf.apieproject.com\/news\/2022\/02\/22\/lessons-must-be-learnt-before-barkhane-marches-into-new-territory\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/appsaf.apieproject.com\/news\/2022\/02\/22\/lessons-must-be-learnt-before-barkhane-marches-into-new-territory\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/appsaf.apieproject.com\/news\/2022\/02\/22\/lessons-must-be-learnt-before-barkhane-marches-into-new-territory\/\",\"name\":\"Lessons must be learnt before Barkhane marches into new territory - APIE NEWS\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/appsaf.apieproject.com\/news\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/appsaf.apieproject.com\/news\/2022\/02\/22\/lessons-must-be-learnt-before-barkhane-marches-into-new-territory\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/appsaf.apieproject.com\/news\/2022\/02\/22\/lessons-must-be-learnt-before-barkhane-marches-into-new-territory\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/appsaf.apieproject.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2022\/02\/po-eng-3.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-02-22T11:46:48+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-02-22T11:46:49+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/appsaf.apieproject.com\/news\/2022\/02\/22\/lessons-must-be-learnt-before-barkhane-marches-into-new-territory\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/appsaf.apieproject.com\/news\/2022\/02\/22\/lessons-must-be-learnt-before-barkhane-marches-into-new-territory\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/appsaf.apieproject.com\/news\/2022\/02\/22\/lessons-must-be-learnt-before-barkhane-marches-into-new-territory\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/appsaf.apieproject.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2022\/02\/po-eng-3.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/appsaf.apieproject.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2022\/02\/po-eng-3.jpg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":512},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/appsaf.apieproject.com\/news\/2022\/02\/22\/lessons-must-be-learnt-before-barkhane-marches-into-new-territory\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/appsaf.apieproject.com\/news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Lessons must be learnt before Barkhane marches into new territory\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/appsaf.apieproject.com\/news\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/appsaf.apieproject.com\/news\/\",\"name\":\"APIE NEWS\",\"description\":\"PANAFRICANISM NEWS PORTAL\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/appsaf.apieproject.com\/news\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/appsaf.apieproject.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/appsaf.apieproject.com\/news\/#organization\",\"name\":\"APIE PROJECT\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/appsaf.apieproject.com\/news\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/appsaf.apieproject.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/appsaf.apieproject.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2022\/07\/logo-R-TransparentBackground.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/appsaf.apieproject.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2022\/07\/logo-R-TransparentBackground.png\",\"width\":512,\"height\":512,\"caption\":\"APIE PROJECT\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/appsaf.apieproject.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/facebook.com\/apieproject\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/apieproject\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/appsaf.apieproject.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/399517cac378948cd7b39086f9ddc2a7\",\"name\":\"staff\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/appsaf.apieproject.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5386283c5db150efe261184bd59f072a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5386283c5db150efe261184bd59f072a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"staff\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/appsaf.apieproject.com\/news\/author\/staff\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Lessons must be learnt before Barkhane marches into new territory - APIE NEWS","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/appsaf.apieproject.com\/news\/2022\/02\/22\/lessons-must-be-learnt-before-barkhane-marches-into-new-territory\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Lessons must be learnt before Barkhane marches into new territory - APIE NEWS","og_description":"Following the same counter-terrorism strategy in other parts of West Africa could see insecurity worsening in littoral states. French President Emmanuel Macron has announced the withdrawal of Barkhane and Takuba forces from Mali, but expressed commitment to \u2018continue \u2026 joint action against terrorism in the Sahel region, particularly in Niger and the Gulf of Guinea.\u2019 [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/appsaf.apieproject.com\/news\/2022\/02\/22\/lessons-must-be-learnt-before-barkhane-marches-into-new-territory\/","og_site_name":"APIE NEWS","article_publisher":"https:\/\/facebook.com\/apieproject","article_published_time":"2022-02-22T11:46:48+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-02-22T11:46:49+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":512,"url":"https:\/\/appsaf.apieproject.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2022\/02\/po-eng-3.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"staff","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@apieproject","twitter_site":"@apieproject","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"staff","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/appsaf.apieproject.com\/news\/2022\/02\/22\/lessons-must-be-learnt-before-barkhane-marches-into-new-territory\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/appsaf.apieproject.com\/news\/2022\/02\/22\/lessons-must-be-learnt-before-barkhane-marches-into-new-territory\/"},"author":{"name":"staff","@id":"https:\/\/appsaf.apieproject.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/399517cac378948cd7b39086f9ddc2a7"},"headline":"Lessons must be learnt before Barkhane marches into new territory","datePublished":"2022-02-22T11:46:48+00:00","dateModified":"2022-02-22T11:46:49+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/appsaf.apieproject.com\/news\/2022\/02\/22\/lessons-must-be-learnt-before-barkhane-marches-into-new-territory\/"},"wordCount":166,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/appsaf.apieproject.com\/news\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/appsaf.apieproject.com\/news\/2022\/02\/22\/lessons-must-be-learnt-before-barkhane-marches-into-new-territory\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/appsaf.apieproject.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2022\/02\/po-eng-3.jpg","keywords":["apie project","mali","news","politics"],"articleSection":["News","Politics"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/appsaf.apieproject.com\/news\/2022\/02\/22\/lessons-must-be-learnt-before-barkhane-marches-into-new-territory\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/appsaf.apieproject.com\/news\/2022\/02\/22\/lessons-must-be-learnt-before-barkhane-marches-into-new-territory\/","url":"https:\/\/appsaf.apieproject.com\/news\/2022\/02\/22\/lessons-must-be-learnt-before-barkhane-marches-into-new-territory\/","name":"Lessons must be learnt before Barkhane marches into new territory - APIE NEWS","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/appsaf.apieproject.com\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/appsaf.apieproject.com\/news\/2022\/02\/22\/lessons-must-be-learnt-before-barkhane-marches-into-new-territory\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/appsaf.apieproject.com\/news\/2022\/02\/22\/lessons-must-be-learnt-before-barkhane-marches-into-new-territory\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/appsaf.apieproject.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2022\/02\/po-eng-3.jpg","datePublished":"2022-02-22T11:46:48+00:00","dateModified":"2022-02-22T11:46:49+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/appsaf.apieproject.com\/news\/2022\/02\/22\/lessons-must-be-learnt-before-barkhane-marches-into-new-territory\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/appsaf.apieproject.com\/news\/2022\/02\/22\/lessons-must-be-learnt-before-barkhane-marches-into-new-territory\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/appsaf.apieproject.com\/news\/2022\/02\/22\/lessons-must-be-learnt-before-barkhane-marches-into-new-territory\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/appsaf.apieproject.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2022\/02\/po-eng-3.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/appsaf.apieproject.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2022\/02\/po-eng-3.jpg","width":1200,"height":512},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/appsaf.apieproject.com\/news\/2022\/02\/22\/lessons-must-be-learnt-before-barkhane-marches-into-new-territory\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/appsaf.apieproject.com\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Lessons must be learnt before Barkhane marches into new territory"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/appsaf.apieproject.com\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/appsaf.apieproject.com\/news\/","name":"APIE NEWS","description":"PANAFRICANISM NEWS PORTAL","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/appsaf.apieproject.com\/news\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/appsaf.apieproject.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/appsaf.apieproject.com\/news\/#organization","name":"APIE PROJECT","url":"https:\/\/appsaf.apieproject.com\/news\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/appsaf.apieproject.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/appsaf.apieproject.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2022\/07\/logo-R-TransparentBackground.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/appsaf.apieproject.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2022\/07\/logo-R-TransparentBackground.png","width":512,"height":512,"caption":"APIE PROJECT"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/appsaf.apieproject.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/facebook.com\/apieproject","https:\/\/x.com\/apieproject"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/appsaf.apieproject.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/399517cac378948cd7b39086f9ddc2a7","name":"staff","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/appsaf.apieproject.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5386283c5db150efe261184bd59f072a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5386283c5db150efe261184bd59f072a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"staff"},"url":"https:\/\/appsaf.apieproject.com\/news\/author\/staff\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/appsaf.apieproject.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1445","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/appsaf.apieproject.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/appsaf.apieproject.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/appsaf.apieproject.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12963"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/appsaf.apieproject.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1445"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/appsaf.apieproject.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1445\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1449,"href":"https:\/\/appsaf.apieproject.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1445\/revisions\/1449"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/appsaf.apieproject.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1446"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/appsaf.apieproject.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/appsaf.apieproject.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/appsaf.apieproject.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}