Security in the West Africa in relation to travel
Jan 2019 - Posts Merged
The violence and kidnapping once common in the Sahara has spread down to the Sahel and West Africa in recent years (see this) but afaict, doesn't get reported much in the MSM.
It's a combination of Islamist attacks, IEDs, abductions and so on, plus an escalation in age-old inter-tribal (herder/farmer) feuding which has become more lethal.
This thread has merged posts of such reports on HUBB for the last year or so.
To help keep this resource useful, distracting chat will be (re)moved.
Chris S
We just crossed Mali starting from Bamako were we couldn't find any info about safety going north. we drove to Segou , no problem there and the army and police told us it was OK to proceed. We went then to Djenne same thing , no problem since a while . same goes to Mopti but there was some shooting few weeks back on the Niger river in direction of Tambouctou. We went and spent few days in Sangha (pay Dogon) there is no problem there and they didn't see any problem since 5 years . ( great place to visit) .We wanted to drive on the piste toward Burkina Faso but it was no recommended due to some "bandits" anyway those are fresh info and we did it thanks to a good friend advice , the police and army were present along the road but they all say it was good to go.
Last edited by Chris Scott; 18 Jan 2019 at 17:44.
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