The international conference for the economic recovery of Mali resulted in promises of substantial aid, but the areas targeted fail to address the country’s real needs.
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As is distant wars, journalists in France are now kept away from areas where security forces intervene against terrorists. Should this be welcomed?
The hostage situation at a hotel in the Malian capital Bamako comes after months of sporadic violence.
How a political theory became a deadly reality for aid groups.
French and African presidents have, in the past, entertained close relationships outside official channels. These often included illegitimate exchanges. But there are signs that this is changing.
What are the early warning signs of threats to the stability of African democracies? The signs could be seen in Mali before it exploded in 2012. Ghana and others would do well learn from Mali.
Africa is losing rich heritage and historical structures through conflict.
This astounding film focuses on the contradictions that ensue when a human is caught in a place being used as an explosive, abstracted political football.
The brutal attack on the staff of Charlie Hebdo has rightly led to powerful calls to protect freedom of expression, with large demonstrations of support in Paris and other French cities, complemented by…
The wreckage of AH 5017 lies scattered in the Sahel near the border between Mali and Burkina Faso. As the black boxes of the Air Algérie flight head for France and Paris mediates the aftermath, the crash…
After the death of Osama Bin Laden in May 2011, the global jihadist movement seemed to have become fragmented and considerably weakened. This happened for various reasons. First, the coincidence of the…
Earlier this month, Nigeria marked a most unwelcome anniversary; a year of special measures in the three northern states of Adamawa, Borno and Yobe. Located in the north east corner of the country, snug…
When the South African president, Jacob Zuma, returned from the African Union summit last weekend, his press statement said almost nothing that could not have been written before he left. The summit decided…
At a meeting at the Wall Street Journal this week, Martin E Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, noted that the United States’ ability to exercise influence in the Middle East had significantly…
The new year is scarcely a month old. Yet we have seen enough to know that the fires raging in different parts of the Middle East and North Africa will not easily abate – and that the firefighting efforts…
Why the French intervention in Mali? Last week, French daily Le Monde asked this question of André Bourgeot, specialist on Sub-Saharan Africa with France’s National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS…
The French government has announced it will triple its troop deployment to the conflict-plagued state of Mali. On Monday, France’s ambassador to the United Nations, Gerard Araud, explained that France…
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Doctoral Candidate in Leadership Studies, King's College London
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Maître de conférences sur les conflits internationaux, University of Kent
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Director of Research, Africa Center for Strategic Studies, University of Maryland
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Lecturer, Université des sciences juridiques et politiques de Bamako
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Associate Professor, International Development Studies; Associate Dean, Menno Simons College, University of Winnipeg
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Head of Data & Analytics and Senior Researcher for the Small Arms Survey, Graduate Institute – Institut de hautes études internationales et du développement (IHEID)
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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)
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Professor of World Politics, SOAS, University of London
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Reader in International Relations, Royal Holloway University of London
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Lecturer (Sessional) in International Relations, Curtin University
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Director of the Leaders of Africa Institute and Research Affiliate with Davidson College, Davidson College
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Sociologue, enseignant au Centre de Recherche et d’Action pour la paix (CERAP), Université Alassane Ouattara de Bouaké
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Doctoral candidate, Regent University
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Extraordinary Lecturer, University of Pretoria
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Chercheur sénior au Bonn International centre for conflict studies (BICC) ; Chercheur associé au laboratoire Les Afriques dans le Monde (LAM), Sciences-Po Bordeaux., Université Bordeaux Montaigne
