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Africa

Research team

Mandira Bagwandeen
Associate fellow
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Abdennour Benantar
Associate fellow
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Djenabou Cisse
Research fellow
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Gérard Gérold
Associate fellow
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Sonia Le Gouriellec
Associate fellow
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Lova Rinel
Associate fellow
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Alexandre Taithe
Senior research fellow
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Recent activity

Video
What role for Europe in the 2040 Sahel?
Djenabou Cisse, January 2025
Cross-Perspectives from France, Germany and Europe: What Future for the Sahel?
Web conference
Cross-Perspectives from France, Germany and Europe: What Future for the Sahel?
January 27, 2025
Threats in sub-Saharan Africa by 2040 - A prospective analysis
Note de la FRS n°01/2025
Threats in sub-Saharan Africa by 2040 - A prospective analysis
Djenabou Cisse, January 2025
Video
The rise of new actors in the Sahel: what implications for Europe ?
Djenabou Cisse (among the speakers), December 2024
Video
Is a Franco-German strategy in the Sahel possible?
Djenabou Cisse, November 2024
The Meloni government’s “Mattei plan”: towards an African policy for Italy?
Note de la FRS n°10/2024
The Meloni government’s “Mattei plan”: towards an African policy for Italy?
Jean-Pierre Darnis, April 2024
Africa’s Railway Renaissance The Role and Impact of China
Book
Africa’s Railway Renaissance The Role and Impact of China
Mandira Bagwandeen,

 Routledge 

, July 28, 2023
« African states and The Hague Code of Conduct against Ballistic Missile Proliferation »
Report
« African states and The Hague Code of Conduct against Ballistic Missile Proliferation »
Emmanuelle Maitre, Lauriane Héau,

Institute for Security Studies (ISS)

, June 30, 2021
Mauritania on the eve of the presidential election
Note
Mauritania on the eve of the presidential election
Ould Hamed Moussa, May 20, 2019
Fulani people and Jihadism in Sahel and West African countries
Note
Fulani people and Jihadism in Sahel and West African countries
Boukary Sangare, February 8, 2019
Niger: sustainable stability or precarious balance ?
Note
Niger: sustainable stability or precarious balance ?
Christian Connan, Hugo Sada, January 14, 2019
The process of Disarmament-Demobilization-Reintegration (DDR) in Mali: a journey full of pitfalls
Note
The process of Disarmament-Demobilization-Reintegration (DDR) in Mali: a journey full of pitfalls
Anne Savey, Marc-André Boisvert, December 21, 2018
Morocco’s Regional Ambitions in Sub-Saharan Africa: Royal Diplomacy
Note
Morocco’s Regional Ambitions in Sub-Saharan Africa: Royal Diplomacy
Jean-Yves Moisseron, Jean-François Daguzan, October 4, 2017
Towards reforming the Burkinabé security system?
Note
Towards reforming the Burkinabé security system?
Ludovic Ouhonyioué Kibora, Mamadou Traoré, Niagalé Bagayoko, September 26, 2017
The 2018 presidential election in Mali
Note
The 2018 presidential election in Mali
Adam Thiam, September 19, 2017
Africa Breaking Out
Article
Africa Breaking Out
Camille Grand,

Halifax International Security Forum

, November 22, 2014
Roundtable on Security in Space
Video
Roundtable on Security in Space
Xavier Pasco,

IAC 2014 Toronto- GNF, IAF/FRS

, October 28, 2014
Libya and Mali Operations: Transatlantic Lessons Learned
Article
Libya and Mali Operations: Transatlantic Lessons Learned
Philippe Gros,

The German Marshall Fund of the United States (GMF)

, July 2014
Video
French Interventions in Africa
Jean-Jacques Patry, June 2014
Prevention and management of election-related violence in Kenya : Awareness campaigns and freedom of speech
Note de la FRS n°27/2013
Prevention and management of election-related violence in Kenya : Awareness campaigns and freedom of speech
Mathieu Mérino, November 2013

In the medias

« The Mattei Plan: why Giorgia Meloni is looking to Africa »
Jean-Pierre Darnis , The Conversation , April 24, 2024
« EU tempts Africa away from Chinese influence »
Philippe Le Corre (quoted) , POLITICO , February 15, 2022
Of the ties that bind: China’s party diplomacy in Africa
Mandira Bagwandeen (analysis) , WITS Journalism (Africa-China Reporting Project) , October 14, 2021
Don’t blame China for the rise of digital authoritarianism in Africa
Mandira Bagwandeen , LSE , September 9, 2021
France to send 600 extra troops to Africa’s Sahel region
François Heisbourg (quoted) , Financial Time , February 2, 2020