We're wandering into a fascinating OT. I spent a year in N'djamea recently....Chad has over 250 languages alone...let alone tribes and clans. There is no solution. I was always taught that countries tend to splinter along four fault lines - religion, language, race, political dogma. You have all four In every country in Africa.
I'd like to recommend this site for following the world's conflicts via tweets and posts. It is the best site I've ever found including governmental maps for understanding what's happening. The site will bring up Syria and you can scroll in using two fingers or out and read the tweets and look at the colors on the map. But you can do this on Ukraine, Iraq, etc. For the Sahel go to Africa then click on "Sahel". It will give an comprehensive idea on what is going on in the world of conflict.
https://syria.liveuamap.com
