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The West African security complex is home to a number of dangerous phenomena, such as terrorism, insurgency, organized crime and warlordism. The following text tries to comprehensively capture the interactions of these actors from a somewhat broader perspective.

June 7, 2012 - Azawad Province declares independence, but separatists are divided. Some of them are open about the connection to the ^Al-Qaida.

Liberia is one of the poorest countries in the world and is exactly the type of state caught in the so-called trap that Paul Collier presents in his book Billion the Poorest. Liberia is a relatively rich country. For the last thirty years or so, this West African state has been plagued by national conflicts and civil wars, which often extend to neighboring countries - or, conversely, conflicts in neighboring countries extend to Liberia across borders.