French withdrawal from Niger: The dawn of a new historic cycle in the Sahel?

Timbuktu Institute – 02/10/2023 As soon as French President Emmanuel Macron announced the withdrawal of French forces from Niger, the...
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Liptako-Gourma Charter: A “khaki” pact against the collective security mechanism?

Timbuktu Institute With this "khaki pact", the three countries (Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger) are almost formalizing their split with ECOWAS,...
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“We are at the beginning of a G3 Sahel and a regionalization of France’s disavowal”. (Bakary Sambe)

Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso are now members of the Alliance of Sahel States (AES). The three regimes, which emerged...
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Beyond the Niger crisis: Towards a new Sahelian “great game”?

The Niger crisis has dominated African news since the coup d'état on July 26. But it is revealing by the...
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ECOWAS intervention in Niger: Are we really heading for a Nigerian stalemate?

Since yesterday, many media outlets have been reporting the rejection of President Tinubu's request for the deployment of Nigerian soldiers...
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“If the experience of the Niger junta prospers, all regimes in the sub-region will be on borrowed time” (Dr. Bakary Sambe)

As part of the Timbuktu Institute's weekly column in partnership with Medi1TV, Dr. Bakary Sambe looks back at the stakes involved...
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The great difficulty for France in the Sahel is having to manage the emergency and history at the same time

Source : La croix Bakary Sambe is a teacher-researcher at Gaston Berger University in Saint-Louis (Senegal) and regional director Timbuktu...
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Timbuktu Institute and Institut Français hold “Civic Conversations” with youths and vulnerable groups in the Gambia

Recently, Timbuktu Institute (The African Center for Peace Studies) in collaboration with Institut Français de Dakar held a civic conversation for young...
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Political Islam in West Africa: Looking beyond immediate security to long-term strategies

On Thursday June 16, Timbuktu Institute presented a regional study on "Islam and Islamism in West Africa", in partnership with...
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Dr. Bakary Sambe : « MINUSMA’s “immediate” withdrawal would pose a real threat to Mali and the region »

For Bakary Sambe, Regional Director of the Timbuktu institute, this demand for departure "without delay" is in line with the...
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Latest Reports

Report : MALI : TRANSITION DEVELOPMENTS AND NEW SOCIO-POLITICAL AND SECURITY DYNAMICS IN THE NORTH

(Download Full Report at the bottom of the text) The year 2022 was characterised by the accelerated deterioration of the socio-political and security context in Mali. In addition to tensions with France, ECOWAS, the G5 Sahel, Niger and, most recently, Ivory Coast, the Malian transition has faced much internal turbulence in recent months. Inflation and the
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Niger: Youth perception of the State, repression and violent extremist Groups

In a study conducted by the Timbuktu Institute in Niger (Zinder Region) it has become apparent that young people often perceive the state as a repressive body. From this point of view, there is an ambiguous relationship between young people and the different branches of the state, including the security forces and the local administration,
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Release of Timbuktu Institute-Led Study on Violent Extremism in Niger

As part of IOM’s many efforts in producing expertise that can be mobilized by public policies and actors in the international community, an innovative study was conducted on youth violence in the Zinder region in relation to the extremist phenomenon. This new study was led by Timbuktu Institute through its Observatory of Radicals and Religious Brotherhoods
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