19 June 2023 Update

The Risk of Violent Inter-Communal Spillover in West Africa: Realities and Prescriptions, Middle East Institute

Macky Sall’s unofficial crisis-management team, Africa Intelligence

Opposition calls on President Macky Sall to clarify position on third term, RFI

Senegal: A Nation holds its breath, The Continent (p9)

Au Sénégal, chronique d’une insurrection annoncée, Afrique XXI

Rethinking democratic backsliding: How the global rise of authoritarianism is misunderstood, and why it matters, CEDAR

Update 5 June 2023

Cameroon is one of the worst countries in the world to be a journalist (p26), The Continent

‘Wagner group trying to source arms from Mali for its war effort in Ukraine’, CNN

Combiner les réponses aux crises avec des partenariats de développement efficace à l’épreuve des risques climatiques au Sahel, Cascades

Mali: quel avenir pour la MINUSMA, WATHI

Review of France5’s recent TV programme ‘Mali: The lost war against terrorism’, GlobeEcho

Mali: Extremism and Terrorism (recent attacks in Mali), CounterExtremism

Ousmane Sonko trial: Senegal opposition leader sentenced for ‘corrupting youth’, BBC

Manifestations suivant l’arrestation d’Ousmane Sonko: 16 décès, 500 arrestations, Seneweb

Sénégal: tous les moyens ne sont pas bons pour conserver le pouvoir ou pour le conquérir (Interview with Gilles Yabi,), RFI