TY - SER AU - McGregor, Andrew TI - The Fulani Crisis: : Communal violence and radicalization in the Sahel KW - Islamismo KW - Terrorismo KW - Movimientos extremistas KW - Recursos naturales KW - Gestión de crisis KW - Boko Haram KW - Sahel KW - Nigeria N2 - Alongside the Islamist struggle to reshape society in the Sahel through violent means is a second, relatively unnoticed but equally deadly conflict with the dangerous potential of merging with jihadi eforts. At a time when resources such as land and water are diminishing in the Sahel, semi-nomadic Muslim herders of the widespread Fulani ethnic group are increasingly turning to violence against settled Christian communities to preserve their herds and their way of life. Claims of “genocide” and “forced Islamization” have become common in the region. What is primarily an economic struggle has already taken on an ethnic and religious character in Mali. If Nigeria follows the same path, it is possible that a new civil war could erupt with devastating consequences for all of West Africa UR - https://www.ctc.usma.edu/v2/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/CTC-Sentinel_Vol10Iss229.pdf ER -