NIGER-SAHEL-UNREST-DIPLOMACY

Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta(L), the President of Mali, Mahamadou Issoufou(2ndL), the President of Niger, Roch Marc Christian Kaboré(C), the President of Burkina Faso, Idriss Déby(2ndR), the President of Chad, and Mohamed Ould Cheikh Mohamed Ahmed Ould Ghazouani(R), the President of Mauritania, pose for a photo at the G5 Sahel summit in Niamey, on December 15, 2019. - Leaders of the G5 Sahel nations paid homage at the graves of 71 Niger military personnel killed in a jihadist attack on December 10, 2019, ahead of a regional summit to coordinate a response to the growing unrest. (Photo by BOUREIMA HAMA / AFP)