News, Resources and Upcoming Events 1/04/2021

News and Reports

  • Niger, Mali, Burkina : la stratégie de Barkhane a-t-elle atteint ses limites ? – Jeune Afrique
  • Rapport sur l’incident de Bounty du 3 janvier 2021- Nations Unies
  • G5 Sahel: le bataillon tchadien est arrivé à la frontière malienne – RFI
  • Mali: polémique autour d’une frappe de la force Barkhane vers Talataye – RFI
  • Mali : Deux morts et des blessés dans des attaques terroristes à Mandiakuy et Mopti (Centre)  – Maliweb
  • À Bamako, une manifestation contre les troupes étrangères au Mali – RFI
  • Conflict Networks in North and West Africa – OECD
  • MINUSMA to modernise Ménaka military base in three-borders region – Africa Intelligence
  • Entre le Mali et la France, rien ne va plus ! – Mondafrique
  • Après les massacres au Sahel, doit-on se résoudre à négocier avec les terroristes ? – Courrier International
  • Mali: première sortie à Ségou du général Sanogo récemment libéré – RFI
  • Mali – Gouvernance : Les misères de 30 ans de démocratie – Journal du Mali
  • Mali needs climate solutions, not more troops – Aljazeera

Resources

Proceedings of Colloquium: New Frontiers of Terrorism in Africa (17 March 2021)

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To quote please use:
Glen Segell, Sergey Kostelyanets, Hussein Solomon (eds) New Frontiers of  Terrorism in Africa: Proceedings of Colloquium, 17 March 2021, (Haifa: University of Haifa, 2021) ISBN 9798722092830 (Paperback) ISBN 9781901414479 (EPUB) DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4604162

Events

Webinar: The UK’s Integrated Review: Implications for Africa-UK Relations

TUESDAY 13 APRIL 2021 | 13.00 – 14.15 London, BST VIA ZOOM Register here

Defence Research Network: Problematic quick fixes for Africa’s (Counter)Insurgencies

Sorina Toltica‘s new blog post for the Defence Research Network discusses the challenges of countering today’s insurgencies in Mali, Sahel and other regions of the African continent. It argues that complex conflicts require more than just strong borders, and careful consideration needs to be given in the future to the way that both military and development solutions contribute to both short- and long-term local dynamics.

Read the blog post on the Defence Research Network’s website.

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The Defence Research Network is an interdisciplinary network of Masters, PhD and Early Career Researchers focused on defence, security and military topics in relation to policy, strategy, history, culture and society.