With France fast losing its influence in west Africa's Sahel region and an unpredictable US president in power, will China fill the vacuum?

China stands a good chance of taking advantage of the dwindling western presence in the Sahel region of west Africa.

Analysis - With France fast losing its influence in west Africa's Sahel region and an unpredictable US president in power, will China fill the vacuum?

ROGER W. FERGUSON, JR., is the Steven A. Tananbaum Distinguished Fellow for International Economics at the Council on Foreign Relations.

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