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Published in: HomeChaos in the SahelThe wider regional Islamist threat from the GSPC/AQIM appeared to be minimal in the past (except to Mali, Niger and...
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Published in: HomeAlgerian state terrorism and atrocities in northern Mali
The Islamist ‘terrorist’ groups that have taken over control of northern Mali are not only the creations of...
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Published in: HomeMali in crisis: tens of thousands of refugeesMore and more refugees arrive in Mauritania every day from Mali: last January at the beginning of the conflict in...
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Published in: HomeThe SWISH Report (21)
How does al-Qaida see the tumult in the Arab world, the persistent conflict in other regions - and its own...
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Published in: HomeThe thinning world: Mali, Nigeria, India
Many powerful states tend to view current global conflicts through the lens of Islamism, and to put military action...
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Published in: HomeMali: war, Islamism, and intervention
The advance of a radical movement in northern Mali, and its destruction of cultural treasures in the ancient city of...
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Published in: HomeMali’s struggle: not simply of their own making
Mali serves as yet another reminder of both the power of strategic nonviolent action and the consequences of foreign...
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Published in: HomeMali's crisis: pitfalls and pathways
A short-lived military coup in Mali highlights the complex crisis unfolding in the country's north, where armed...
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Published in: 50.50Crisis in Mali: fundamentalism, women's rights and cultural resistance
In conversation with Jessica Horn, a leading Malian women’s rights activist identifies the roots of the crisis in...
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Published in: HomeBiker Africa: mobility doesn't just mean phones
In the past decade two inventions have dramatically altered life throughout the vast and diverse continent of...
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Published in: openEconomyDeveloping states need full powers to taxSome of West Africa's poorest countries observed from the vantage point of a Chinese import motorcycle: State...
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Published in: HomeGaddafi and the Tuareg, the "Lords of the desert"
What is the basis of the Tuareg-Gaddafi alliance that is playing itself out in the end-game in Libya? And to what...
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Published in: HomeAudio: What sort of organisation is Al Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb?
Yvan Guichaoua, West Africa expert researching non-government armed groups, describes what kind of force Al Qaida in...
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Published in: openSecurityThe genesis of terrorism in the Sahara: Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
Yvan Guichaoua reports back on the rise of a new force in the Sahara, Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, news of which...
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Published in: HomeThe Sahara's new cargo: drugs and radicalism
A fusion of illicit money-making and radical politics is turning the big empty spaces of the western half of the...
