CHRISTMAS STORM IN THE SAHEL: THE WAR AGAINST THE JIHADIST HYDRA
By Gustavo de ARÍSTEGUI In an operation of unprecedented coordination with the government in Abuja, the United States Africa Command (AFRICOM) executed a punitive strike against Islamic State (ISIS) strongholds on December 25th. What some armchair analysts in comfortable Western capitals were quick to label a “worrying escalation” is, quite simply, the return of sanity: […]