West Africa: Anti-Terror Academy Trains Regional Forces as Sahel Violence Spreads
The International Academy for the Fight Against Terrorism (AILCT) in Ivory Coast trains security forces from across West Africa to counter the growing terrorist threat in the Sahel region. The article describes realistic training exercises, including hostage scenarios and bomb disposal, and highlights evolving extremist tactics such as booby-trapping buildings and the rise of 'narco-terrorism' linking drug trafficking to terrorist financing. More than half of global terror deaths now occur in the Sahel. Recent attacks in Mali and Niger killed dozens of soldiers. German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul warned that the crisis is spreading to coastal states. The academy, founded after a 2016 attack, is described as one of the West's last prestige projects in the region.
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