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Climate Change and Conflict in the Sahel
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The African countries of the Sahel stand to be among the most affected by climate change. To help mitigate its effects, Beza Tesfaye argues that the United States should partner with civil society groups and expand climate adaptation and financing efforts. -
Mali’s Junta Sees Enemies EverywhereBlaming external actors for the country’s woes accomplishes little for the Malian people.
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United States Names Five African Jihadis as Specially Designated Global TerroristsThe practical consequences of the U.S. Department of State adding five terrorist leaders operating in Africa to the list of Specially Designated Global Terrorists is likely to be limited.
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French President Macron Expands on Sahel Drawdown PlanFrench President Emmanuel Macron's decision to end Operation Barkhane, the French mission to fight jihadism in the Sahel, bears some resemblance to the ongoing removal of American troops from Afghanistan.
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Belarus’s Plane Diversion, Mali’s ‘Coup Within a Coup,’ and MoreBelarus faces global condemnation after grounding an airplane to arrest a dissident journalist; West Africa braces for the fallout from Mali’s second coup in nine months; and the United States marks Memorial Day and one hundred years since the Tulsa Race Massacre.
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French Journalist Kidnapped in the SahelIn April, Olivier Dubois, an experienced French journalist, was kidnapped in Gao, a Malian city on the Niger River. Though his disappearance was soon known by the Malian and French authorities, and b…
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Multiple Jihadi Insurgencies, Cooperating With Bandits, Appear to be Converging in the SahelOn March 17, around one hundred assailants, traveling on motorcycles and pickup trucks, killed thirty-three soldiers and wounded an additional fourteen in an attack near Tessit in central Mali. Peace…
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Macron Signals Upcoming Reduction of French Military Presence in the SahelOn January 19, French President Emmanuel Macron said that recent successes against jihadis and the pledge of additional EU troops makes it possible to "adjust" French military operations in the weste…
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United Kingdom Sends Troops to MaliBoris Johnson’s government is deploying three hundred British troops to the UN peacekeeping force MINUSMA in Mali. They will join some fourteen thousand other troops from fifty-six countries. The Bri…
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EU Task Force Takuba in MaliAs a jihadi insurgency spreads across the Sahel, EU countries are responding to France's call for increased troop deployments in the region. A Franco-Estonian elite unit, styled Task Force Takuba, ha…
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Mali's Amadou Touré and the Conundrum of African LeadershipAmadou Touré, coup maker, coup victim, military ruler, and eventually civilian chief of state in Mali, died last week in Istanbul at the age of seventy-two. Touré dominated Mali's governance for some…
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Military Consolidates its Hold on Mali's Interim GovernmentOn October 5, Mali's interim president, retired colonel Bah Ndaw, announced his cabinet. As is frequent in West Africa, it is large, with twenty-five members. It includes civilians from the country's…
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France Insists on Mali's Return to Civilian RuleFrench President Emmanuel Macron, in a September 22 UN General Assembly (UNGA) speech, made continued French military involvement contingent upon Mali's restoration of civilian rule. He was blunt: "T…
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Mali Update: Stand-OffOn September 21, the military junta that overthrew the Mali government of President Ibrahim Keita announced a transitional government. It is headed by retired Colonel Bah N'Daw, with junta leader Col…
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Post-Coup Prospects for Democracy in MaliWhen Mali’s summer of discontent culminated in a coup on August 18, media coverage was soon full of images of celebrating citizens, and opposition leaders expressed approval of the military takeover…