Article
January 2022

Wagner in Libya – combat and influence

The private military company Wagner Group is the most decisive player in the military strategy of the Libyan national army, headed by Marshal Khalifa Haftar

Research paper
November 2021

The Algerian strategy in the Sahel: Shift or adaptation

This study examines Algeria’s possible changing role in the Sahel conflict in the wake of the announcement of the termination of the French military operation Barkhane in 2022

Research paper
February 2019

Tinder to the fire: Burkina Faso in the conflict zone

This study examines the reasons why northern Burkina has been engulfed by endemic violence since the mid-2010s, in an effort to understand future evolutions and recommend coping and preventive action

Research paper
January 2019

Escalating conflicts in Burkina Faso

In October 2014, a popular uprising in Burkina Faso precipitated a military coup against twenty-seven-year incumbent Blaise Compaoré. After a fourteen-month transition, a failed coup in September 2015, and a presidential election the following month, President Roch Kaboré took office in December 2015

Research paper
February 2018

Traditional conflict resolution – A way out of the crisis?

Since 2012, Mali has tried hard to move forward out of its worst security and political crisis

Research paper
January 2018

Mali’s tragic but persistent status quo

The West African nation of Mali has been in crisis since 2012. That year, a northern separatist rebellion led by members of the Tuareg ethnic group, set in motion a chain of events that reverberates to the present