The relationship between the G5 Sahel Joint Force and external actors: a discursive interpretation

Drawing and expanding on the literature discourses intervention, this article investigates how relationship between G5 Sahel Joint Force (G5S-JF) external actors (the UN, EU France) came about. To understand dynamics joint force these actors, I critically analyse actors’ discourse security situation in examine member states have related to discourse. The has manifested various ways, including military capacity building resource distribution, where hold significant influence over force. Although G5S-JF exert agency through managing some extent controlling their dependency such a dynamic implications for G5S-JF’s sub-regional ownership sustainability.