TABLE OF CONTENTS Preface Marcel Kitissou & Pauline E. Ginsberg CHAPTER ONE France and Mali: The War on Terror in Africa in Theory and Practice Horace G. Campbell CHAPTER TWO The Economy of Forces: France in the Sahel and the Global Power Play Marcel Kitissou CHAPTER THREE The Sahel: Caught in a Nutcracker between Interventionists, al-Qaida and its Affiliates Augustine C. Ohanwe CHAPTER FOUR African Solutions to (Malian) Problems: Pan Africanist vs. Neocolonialist Geopolitical Power Play in the West African Sahel Rita Kiki Edozie CHAPTER FIVE Climate Change, Food Insecurity and Political Crises in the Sahel: Examining the Nexus Ogujiuba Kanayo & Ogbonnaya, Ufiem Maurice CHAPTER SIX The Promise and Challenges of Farmer-Managed Natural Regeneration: A Case Study from Central Senegal Matthew Gates CHAPTER SEVEN In the Vortex of Global Currents: the Struggle in the Sahara-Sahel and West Africa against Jihadists, Transnational Criminal Networks, Money Laundering and Financing of Terrorism John Bedu Woode About the Authors Index