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The governments of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have joined forces to create a 5,000-strong joint force to combat the Islamist insurgency in the West African Sahel. Terrorist groups affiliated to Islamic State (IS, ISIS, ISIL, Daesh) and Al Qaeda have killed thousands, displaced millions, and seized large portions of territory. Anti-terrorism experts have reported that the Islamic State Sahel Province has begun to establish a “pseudo-state” in parts of Mali, where they have established Islamic courts and schools. Ask that the Lord will scatter the jihadists who have created a stronghold for themselves in this region of Africa (Psalm 68:1).