The Broker aims to identify, integrate and analyze the different perspectives to advance insights into the constantly changing dynamics. We do this by using updated information from experts and on the ground knowledge. We call our method a ‘living analysis’.
Is forcing Libya to accept a unity government really the way forward?
Rojan Bolling | 03 February 2025Fast tracking a unity government does not unify a country, rushing this through will only advance Libyan fragmentation.
▶Closer cooperation on cross-border issues: the EU approach to the Sahel
Annemarie van de Vijsel | 26 January 2025The EU Special Representative for the Sahel has been given the mandate to address the issue of continuing insecurity, the main cause of migration out of the region.
▶En route pour la paix: African contributions to peace and security in West Africa
Bernadette Schulz , Martina Bail , Laura Kollmar | 20 January 2025The contribution of the African Peace and Security Architecture (APSA) to stability in West Africa seems to be largely overlooked – and for no clear reason.
▶An evolving threat: the two faces of Sahel terrorism
Tuesday Reitano | 20 January 2025Sahel governments in the region have never been more concerned about the fight against terror yet security first approaches struggle to have impact.
▶Mali: A report from devastation
David Dembélé | 06 January 2025A “war-only” strategy by governments only creates more and more terrorists in Mali and the wider region.
▶Narrowing the gap between the UN and Malians
Karlijn Muiderman | 24 December 2024Two-and-a-half years after the start of the UN peacekeeping mission MINUSMA, Mahamady Togola and Naffet Keita share some conclusions on popular perceptionson the mandate, presence and approach of MINUSMA.
▶Bye-bye elite, hello change makers? Lessons learned from security and rule of law programming in Mali
Karlijn Muiderman | 02 December 2024Does the international community know how to support Malian change makers for judicial reform? Does their internal programming logic allow for this?
▶Why migrants choose the Libyan route
Ines Kohl | 25 November 2024For the last two decades Libya has been the main starting point for African refugees and migrants crossing the Mediterranean despite EU supported repressive measures and civil war
▶ECOWAS and the political kingdom
Abdourahmane Idrissa | 19 November 2024Despite its economic discourse regional integration is profoundly a political idea, with all the complications this suggests
▶Patrolling a mirage: the challenges of border security management in the Sahel
Afua Lamptey | 09 November 2024The borders of the Sahel are vast and difficult, but not impossible, to manage effectively.
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