The Italian government is negotiating a deal with Niger – the main transit country for migrants travelling from the Horn of Africa through Libya to Europe. Controlling the flow from the main portal of Agadez will make a significant difference and reinforce the EU naval operation in the Mediterranean. Border Security in the ungoverned and porous Sahel was one of the ten strategic risks discussed in Belfast to Benghazi. See pages 277 -287 for the others:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Belfast-Benghazi-Untold-Challenges-War/dp/1861515669
Rupert Wieloch 