Sahel Research Group at the University of Florida

Our latest Weekly News Brief on the Sahel is out: https://us19.campaign-archive.com/?u=6553b94ce388f4ca7c6cdc6a0&id=6755f5f437

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Sahel Research Group Weekly Newsletter 435 Bamako skyline, Presidential Palace on the hill

JUST PUBLISHED: Read here the latest article of our colleague Brahim Afrit on Algerian religious diplomacy in the Sahel in l'Observatoire international du religieux

Modern by tradition: Sufi transnational networks, nation-state, and religious diplomacy in the Sahel - English version Introduction This article interrogates ongoing dynamics articulating transnational Sufi networks across the Sahara. It looks more specifically at how Sufi actors from the Sahel choose to go global as a strategy sought to enable them to attend to their predicament in their respective national set

Our weekly News Brief on the Sahel is out, read and subscribe to it here: https://us19.campaign-archive.com/?u=6553b94ce388f4ca7c6cdc6a0&id=f8c4bcf3d1

It's a new semester and the Sahel Research Group is back!

We wish a happy Magal to all our Senegalese colleagues and friends!

Our latest newsletter is out, check it out below. On the cover, sand dunes from Mauritania

Congratulations on earning your Master's Degree in Sustainable Development Practice, Damian!

Congratulations on completing your PhD at UF Geography Department - University of Florida, Dr. Matthew Pflaum!

Russia’s image of Africa junta protector has taken a hit, says our own Sebastian Elischer in National Security News https://nationalsecuritynews.com/2024/08/russias-image-of-africa-junta-protector-has-taken-a-hit-says-sahel-expert/

U.S. troops withdraw from strategic West African base as militant threat grows - Our colleagues Ibrahim Yahaya Ibrahim and Dan Eizenga are quoted in this article on the U.S. withdrawal from Niger

U.S. troops withdraw from strategic West African base as militant threat grows The U.S. military pullout from the sprawling Agadez base in Niger deals a setback to efforts at countering Islamist insurgents and resisting Russian influence.

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Sahel Research Group Weekly Newsletter 430 Koranic school, Timbuktu, Mali

The World Bank evaluation of the economic impact of Sahelian withdrawal from ECOWAS - Évaluation préliminaire des impacts économiques potentiels de la sortie du Burkina Faso, du Mali et du Niger de la CEDEAO

Banque Mondiale _ Évaluation préliminaire des impacts économiques potentiels de la sortie du Burkina Faso, du Mali et du Niger de la CEDEAO _Mai 2024 Évaluation des économies des pays du Sahel après leur retrait de la CEDEAO.

NEW PAPER - Climate change and health in the Sahel: a systematic review, recently published by SRG Daniel Acosta, Victoria Simoni Assuncao, Sarah L. McKune and colleagues in Royal Society Open Science https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.231602

NEWS: Our colleague, Mamadou Bodian, has been promoted to the rank of “Chargé de Recherche,” by CAMES, the Conseil Africain et Malgache pour l’Enseignment Supérieur. CAMES is the main accrediting body for Francophone university positions in Africa. Congrats, Mamadou!

NEW PAPER - Weapons of the Weak: How African States Counteract Homegrown Jihadi Salafism, by Sebastian Elischer https://academic.oup.com/jogss/article/9/3/ogae022/7715644

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Sahel Research Group Weekly Newsletter 429 Evening on the Niger River, Niamey, Niger

Our colleague Baba Adou was quoted in this recent article about the Mauritanian presidential election

Mauritanians come to Lockland to escape persecution, but still cast ballots for change back home Mauritanians have been immigrating to places like Lockland since the 1990s. A new wave has come in the past year during a pivotal political moment in their home country.

For Africans in the Sahel, water carries blessings as climate change spells trouble, with Abdoulaye Kane https://news.clas.ufl.edu/water-carries-blessings-as-climate-change-spells-trouble/

“How many languages do you speak?” Faculty in linguistics study how language flows as people adapt to new realities, featuring our own Fiona McLaughlin https://news.clas.ufl.edu/linguistics-faculty-study-how-language-flows/

Read our summer news brief on the Sahel here: https://us19.campaign-archive.com/?u=6553b94ce388f4ca7c6cdc6a0&id=5342e20285

The OECD Sahel and West Africa Club has recently released a new series of tools that map the changing relationships between actors in conflict across 21 North and West African countries from 1997-2023 on their MAPTA platform: https://mapping-africa-transformations.org/security-conflict-networks/

Happy Friday from Senegal!

On l'aime aussi!

Dear readers, follow our latest news brief on the Sahel here. Thank you for noting that our publications will follow a bi-weekly schedule for the summer. https://us19.campaign-archive.com/?u=6553b94ce388f4ca7c6cdc6a0&id=3251d9e327

In a baobab, with our colleagues Moustapha Seye and Steve Radil, near Ngoumba Guéwoul, Senegal. Happy Friday everyone!

What would the Sahel be without livestock?

Fieldwork continues in Linguère, with Steve Radil and our Senegalese colleagues

The OECD Sahel and West Africa Club is looking for an Economist / Policy Analyst to work on cities and urbanisation dynamics in West Africa https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/3937336253/

JOB: Postdoctoral Associate for the Center for African Studies and Master of Development Practice Program - MDP - University of Florida https://explore.jobs.ufl.edu/en-us/job/531115/postdoctoral-associate-for-the-center-for-african-studies-and-master-of-sustainable-development-practice