By Professor Bruno Charbonneau and Professor Jonathan Sears. The January 2013 French military intervention in Mali exposed the rising threat of ‘terrorist’ and illicit networks in the Sahel, but more importantly the intertwined…
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France in Mali: myths and realities
By Prof. Tony Chafer – The French intervention in Mali in 2013 was portrayed by many commentators at the time as another manifestation of la Françafrique. Tony Chafer argues that…
Porosité des frontières des États membres de la communauté économique des États de l’Afrique de l’Ouest (CEDEAO) et mobilité tactique des marchands de la mort ?
Dr. Papa Samba Ndiaye – La communauté économique des États de l’Afrique de l’Ouest (CEDEAO) est une organisation internationale intergouvernementale qui a été créée en 1975 et qui regroupe les…
Reconciliation Process and Governance under Alassane Ouattara since the End of Post-electoral Crisis in 2011
By Maxime Ricard. Who is Ivoirian? The Ivoirian State for whom and for what? These were the questions which tore apart the country during the 1990s and 2000s. Côte d’Ivoire’s post-electoral…
Fragility, violence and criminality in the Gulf of Guinea.
By Dr. Elisa Lopez Lucia – The Gulf of Guinea is rich in oil and gas, and a major international trade route. While oil wealth in the context of weak…
WAPSN 2016 Symposium, Calls for paper, Peace Support Operations in West Africa
The West Africa Peace and Security Network would like to announce that the Deadline for the Call for Papers is has until 8 January 2016. Call for Papers 2nd Annual…
Mali – The normalization of German security policy?
by Dr. Matthias Vogl , Center for European Integration Studies (ZEI), University of Bonn There was recently a news report about the deployment of a German contingent of up to…
Hollande and Africa Policy
By Professor Tony Chafer – Studies of French Africa policy have traditionally focused on its neo-colonial basis and the often corrupt nature of the relations it engendered because of the…
Facing the geopolitical consequences of the falling oil price in West Africa
By Sophie Quintin Adali – Oil is the king of commodities and its tumbling price has thrown global financial markets into turmoil. For fragile oil-dependent West African states this situation…