"
The U.N. is concerned that people in this region will be
more susceptible to recruitment from extremist groups
because of their poverty and lack of education,
especially since the Sahel region has been in cyclic
hunger. And the cycle doesn't look like it's going to
break any time soon..."
https://www.mnnonline.org/news/youths-in-the-sahel-face-paralyzing-poverty/