Nicolas Florquin, Graduate Institute – Institut de hautes études internationales et du développement (IHEID) and Alaa Tartir, Graduate Institute – Institut de hautes études internationales et du développement (IHEID)
Les nouveaux flux illicites d'armes et de munitions contribuent à alimenter les conflits et l'instabilité en Afrique de l'Ouest.
Nicolas Florquin, Graduate Institute – Institut de hautes études internationales et du développement (IHEID) and Alaa Tartir, Graduate Institute – Institut de hautes études internationales et du développement (IHEID)
New illicit flows of arms and ammunition contribute to fueling conflict and instability in West Africa.
Pour résoudre les conflits djihadistes au Sahel, il faut aussi traiter les djihadistes comme des acteurs politiques qui cherchent à proposer une gouvernance alternative.
Social media platforms have enabled wildlife traders to connect as never before. Some operate legally, within the boundaries of international laws. Others are less scrupulous.
Many of the temperatures presently being recorded in Africa, and those projected in the next decade, are already close to the limits of human survival, or “liveability”.
Jihadi groups take advantage of endemic poverty, inequality, high unemployment levels, illiteracy, ethnic divisions, and poor governance to spread their campaign of violence in the Sahel region.
Any recognition of the coup could incentivise future ones. Yet Alpha Condé can’t simply be restored to office, sweeping under the carpet the dubious basis on which he has retained power.
Moda Dieng, Université Saint-Paul / Saint Paul University
The political will displayed by the Sahel member countries of the G5 Task Force appears to be out of step with the actual capabilities of their armies.
Head of Data & Analytics and Senior Researcher for the Small Arms Survey, Graduate Institute – Institut de hautes études internationales et du développement (IHEID)
Senior Researcher and Coordinator of the Security Assessment in North Africa project at the Small Arms Survey, Graduate Institute – Institut de hautes études internationales et du développement (IHEID)