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Troops in Mali: The West's approach has not just failed, it has backfired (Photo: eutmmali.eu)

EU couldn't handle a million refugees, how will it handle a billion?

There could be 1.2 billion refugees in next 30 years. Many will be from my part of the world — Africa — where droughts, conflict, and food insecurity already threaten millions.

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Mutaru Mumuni Muqthar is the executive director at West Africa Centre for Counter-Extremism (WACCE), an independent regional organisation focusing on preventing violent extremism and conflict across West Africa. Muqthar was also a Mandela Washington Fellow for the US State Department.

Troops in Mali: The West's approach has not just failed, it has backfired (Photo: eutmmali.eu)

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Mutaru Mumuni Muqthar is the executive director at West Africa Centre for Counter-Extremism (WACCE), an independent regional organisation focusing on preventing violent extremism and conflict across West Africa. Muqthar was also a Mandela Washington Fellow for the US State Department.

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