Amazing title (and piece) via Africa Is a Country: "What washerwomen would say on a webinar" africasacountry.com/2020/07/what-w…

#Mali : Assimi Goïta devient « chef de l’État », la Cedeao exige une « transition civile immédiate » jeuneafrique.com/1035884/politi…

ToC vs research findings

Business as usual for organized crime in #Mali after the coup. "Ultimately, neither government officials, armed-group members nor prominent traffickers have an interest in harming business by dismantling existing patronage structures."

Happy to introduce the newest addition to our house, I’m sure he’ll be a valuable research assistant 🐶

Adding this to my reading list: when "real fieldwork" in IR is more often than not "mundane, boring & lonely"

Here I round up some of the most thoughtful commentary I've read on Mali's coup. sahelblog.wordpress.com/2020/09/02/rou…

Quand l’aventure solitaire de Macron au Liban se transforme en naufrage

#Mali: After cotton & gold, livestock exports is a key economic activity likely to suffer from economic sanctions imposed by #ECOWAS. Fortunately it is the rainy season and borders are not as "closed" as in paper! #Sahel Great work, David! RFI Afrique rfi.fr/fr/podcasts/20…

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This is State’s second attempt at this tweet. The first, now deleted, mistakenly tagged the International Cricket Council instead of the International Criminal Court. But the corrected version charging the ICC with corruption is just as ludicrous. Pot, meet kettle.

On the underappreciated link between business and peace in the #Sahel, interesting conversation via CIPE Africa tomorrow

LA GRANDE MOSQUÉE de BANI au Burkina🇧🇫 dans la région du #Sahel. Une merveille qui fait partie des mosquées entourant le village. 7 mosquées érigées sur des collines(qui font face à la grande)et qui vues du ciel représentent un homme en prière. 📷 Monsieur digital 📲

[FIL] Régulièrement, comme hier dans Mediapart, on tente de créer un "débat" sur les #drones armés en France. Si ça ne prend jamais, ce n’est pas parce qu’il est "confisqué", mais parce qu’il repose sur au moins quatre prémisses erronées. mediapart.fr/journal/intern…

Did I already say I have incredibly talented colleagues? Anna Schmauder gave a stellar presentation on the EU #Sahel strategy at Villa Vigoni this morning

Burning godot?

Super belles vaches sur le marché de Bèna, dans l’ouest du Burkina 🐮

Necropolitics at its absolute WORST. Le pays des droits de l’homme, my ass!