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What do Mali’s military rulers and Burundi’s governing party have in common?
Africa’s ‘coup belt’ has seen rising anti-Western sentiment.
Eroding the gains made in education has severe consequences, especially for girls.
The strength of armed groups doesn’t come only from weapons but also from how deeply they are embedded in local realities.
Millions of people in west Africa and the Sahel region face starvation.
New research reveals that the adverse environmental and health impacts of atmospheric dust in the world’s rapidly growing megacities deserve far more attention.
Climate action can ease or add to crises in the Sahel region.
Climate-smart agricultural technologies increase crop sales revenue for farmers in the Sahel region.
The kidnapping industry fuels insurgencies in Africa’s Sahel region.
Growing autocratic rule, a rise in jihadist attacks and a proliferation of coups in the Sahel contributed to the attempt by Benin’s military to seize power.
The takeover was the 11th successful coup d'etat in Africa since just 2020, and the latest destabilizing event in a country long plagued by governance challenges.
Armed drones are increasingly being seen as a solution to security challenges in African conflicts.
Decades of neglect, corruption and state brutality have allowed armed group JNIM to gain the support of Mali’s marginalised communities.
Africa’s Great Green Wall of 6,000km of trees was launched 18 years ago, promising to halt desertification. But in Senegal, it’s been very slow to progress.
Lake Iro was recently photographed from space as it looked like a sunglint, but there is more to the lake that makes it unique.
There is fierce competition for access to roads in conflict zones
A new publication sheds light on the plants of Burkina Faso and Mali.
The Harmattan is linked to a range of conditions that affect the skin and mucous membranes of humans and animals.
France has begun the formal process of withdrawing its military presence from Senegal.
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Leverhulme Early Career Research Fellow, Aston University
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Lecturer in Political Economy of Violence, Conflict and Development, SOAS, University of London
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Associate professor in Politics and International Relations, Leeds Beckett University
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Doctoral candidate, Regent University
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Adjunct Research Fellow, Curtin University
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Associate Professor in Geography, University of Florida
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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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Research Fellow and PhD Candidate at University of Oxford, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs
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DeWitt Wallace Professor of Geography, Director of Food, Agriculture & Society Program, Macalester College
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Extraordinary Lecturer, University of Pretoria
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President, Dickinson College
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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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Assistant Teaching Professor of Strategy and Technology, Carnegie Mellon University
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Panitza Memorial Endowed Executive Director, Center for Information, Democracy and Citizenship at the American University in Bulgaria
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Lecturer-researcher, Université des sciences juridiques et politiques de Bamako