The second state. On the regime of Iyad Ag-Ghali, The Radical Cape Reading Room

Togo-Russie: le partenariat militaire qui inquiète Paris, Le Point

The Collapse of Western Power in Francophone Africa, Stanford Review

Political violence and transport infrastructure in West Africa, African Security Review

Jihadisme sahelien: les leçons oubliées du Mali et l’urgence d’une résilience régionale, Timbuktu Institute

Sahel on fire: Mali’s crisis of legitimacy and limits of military solutions, Daily Sabah

JNIM Attacks in Western Mali Reshape Sahel Conflict, Africa Center for Strategic Studies

Au Mali, le pouvoir est aux abois face au blocus des djihadistes, Médiapart

Is Mali about to fall to al-Qaeda affiliate JNIM?, Al-Jazeera

The Global Gateway’s missing ingredient: Adding peace to the mix, ECDPM

Mali faces worsening jihadist violence amid fears of regional spillover, France24

Bamako under siege: why Mali’s army is struggling to break the jihadist blockade of the capital, The Conversation

Mali: Bamako peut-il tomber aux mains du JNIM?, France24

Niger Decriminalization Reshapes Human Smuggling but Sahel Upheaval and Border Closures Prevent Return to pre-2015 Levels, Global Initiative

What France owes to Niger, London Review of Books

As Western States Withdraw, Turkey Aims to Fill a Vacuum in the Sahel, WPR

En Côte d’Ivoire, la « Françafrique » sévit encore, Le Monde diplomatique

African electoral coups should be treated as such, coups, ECDPM