The new scramble for the Sahara

Hélène Claudot-Hawad (1)

1 ESS - Unité Mixte Internationale "Environnement Santé Sociétés"

This paper shows how, under a so called "war against terrorism", there are international underground profits, a terror strategy and a race to have access to the mineral riches of Tuareg land.

Mots clés: Azawad; Tuareg; Sahara; Sahel; Mali; Al Qaeda in Islamic Maghreb (AQIM); State; insurrections; mineral riches; territorial expropriation of natives

Mots clés: Etat; richesses minérales; expropriation territoriale des autochtones; Touaregs; Mali : Al Qaida; Aqmi

Domaines: Anthropologie sociale et ethnologie

Hélène Claudot-Hawad. The new scramble for the Sahara: Business, underground profits and terror strategy. The Amazigh Voice, 2012, 19 (1), pp.3-6. ⟨halshs-00824053⟩