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The Sahel region, from Mauritania in the West to Sudan in the East, is in crisis. Ulf Laessing, a veteran journalist who has lived and worked in the region for years, leverages unprecedented access to diplomats, politicians, jihadists, smugglers and migrants. He travels to goldmines to expose an illegal trade worth billions, meets those who risk everything to escape and those who profit from such desperation, and reveals how European diplomatic and military blunders opened the door for Russian exploitation. Now, with jihadists marching on Mali’s capital, Bamako, and French influence over its former colonies waning, the Sahel is sinking deeper into a tragedy that will have far-reaching consequences. The Road to Bamako is a fast-paced book that gives a rare first-hand account of this political and humanitarian disaster on Europe’s doorstep.
