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Ope Adetayo

Blinken looks to bolster West African security partnerships after setbacks

Africa West Africa Anthony Blinken Antony Blinken United States Joe Biden Bola Tinubu Greenfield Judd Devermont Sahel
Nigerian President Bola Tinubu and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken speak following a meeting at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, Nigeria, January 23, 2024 [Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/Reuters]

Lagos, Nigeria – This week during his visit to the Ivorian capital Abidjan, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken pledged $45m to boost coastal West African security, extending funding of an ongoing programme in the region to $300m.

Blinken, who also praised counterinsurgency measures by the Ivorian military in warding off armed groups despite being wedged between Mali and Burkina Faso, hotspots for violence in the Sahel, then jetted off to Abuja.

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