Sahel Research Group
@ufsahelresearch.bsky.social
The Sahel Research Group at the University of Florida. We study politics, religion, security, trade, literature and languages in the West African Sahel https://sahelresearch.africa.ufl.edu/
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Bamako is under siege after more than 10 years of civil war. The Sahel Research Group and Alex Thurston discuss whether the Jihadist blockade could lead to the fall of the Malian capital in The Conversation theconversation.com/jihadists-ha...
From High and Dry to Low and Wet: The Political Ecology of Urban Flooding in Nouakchott, by @corysatter.bsky.social satter.substack.com/p/from-high-...
November 10, 2025 at 10:43 PM
From High and Dry to Low and Wet: The Political Ecology of Urban Flooding in Nouakchott, by @corysatter.bsky.social satter.substack.com/p/from-high-...
Latest News Brief on the Sahel — Click on link to read and subscribe! mailchi.mp/90988f84fcb7...
November 7, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Latest News Brief on the Sahel — Click on link to read and subscribe! mailchi.mp/90988f84fcb7...
Our own @babaadou.bsky.social discusses the recent blockade of Bamako with TV5 Monde information.tv5monde.com/afrique/asph...
November 7, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Our own @babaadou.bsky.social discusses the recent blockade of Bamako with TV5 Monde information.tv5monde.com/afrique/asph...
TODAY at 11:45am - Andrew Lebovich will give a talk entitled "Things fall apart: exchanges, observations and perspectives on revolution between Algerian and West African Reformist Muslims" as part of a workshop organized by the UF Center for Global Islamic Studies calendar.ufl.edu/clas_african...
November 7, 2025 at 1:26 PM
TODAY at 11:45am - Andrew Lebovich will give a talk entitled "Things fall apart: exchanges, observations and perspectives on revolution between Algerian and West African Reformist Muslims" as part of a workshop organized by the UF Center for Global Islamic Studies calendar.ufl.edu/clas_african...
Bamako is under siege after more than 10 years of civil war. The Sahel Research Group and Alex Thurston discuss whether the Jihadist blockade could lead to the fall of the Malian capital in The Conversation theconversation.com/jihadists-ha...
October 31, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Bamako is under siege after more than 10 years of civil war. The Sahel Research Group and Alex Thurston discuss whether the Jihadist blockade could lead to the fall of the Malian capital in The Conversation theconversation.com/jihadists-ha...
Burkina Faso Dissolves National Electoral Commission — Read more here and check out our past news briefs on the Sahel: mailchi.mp/3366fa81b26a...
October 31, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Burkina Faso Dissolves National Electoral Commission — Read more here and check out our past news briefs on the Sahel: mailchi.mp/3366fa81b26a...
Outbreaks of Rift Valley Fever across Mauritania and Senegal — Read more in our latest news brief: mailchi.mp/f70fab52ba47...
October 17, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Outbreaks of Rift Valley Fever across Mauritania and Senegal — Read more in our latest news brief: mailchi.mp/f70fab52ba47...
Why West Africa needs better trade data - Our latest blog in @theconversation.com theconversation.com/west-africas...
West Africa’s trade monitoring system has collapsed - why this is dangerous for food security
Good data is essential for mapping trade networks
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October 15, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Why West Africa needs better trade data - Our latest blog in @theconversation.com theconversation.com/west-africas...
Leonardo Villalon recently gave an insightful presentation on "Resilience and Vulnerability to Climate Change in the Countries of the African Sahel" at the Universidad Tecnológica del Chocó, in the city of Quibdo, Columbia.
September 19, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Leonardo Villalon recently gave an insightful presentation on "Resilience and Vulnerability to Climate Change in the Countries of the African Sahel" at the Universidad Tecnológica del Chocó, in the city of Quibdo, Columbia.
Just out - Mapping the intersection of violence and food insecurity in West Africa, by SRG Olivier Walther and Jennifer Sheahan mapping-africa-transformations.org/mapping-the-...
September 18, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Just out - Mapping the intersection of violence and food insecurity in West Africa, by SRG Olivier Walther and Jennifer Sheahan mapping-africa-transformations.org/mapping-the-...
Upcoming Sahel Seminar with Professor Gregory Mann, Columbia University, September 19, 11:45 AM–12:45 PM, in Rolfs Hall 109, sahelresearch.africa.ufl.edu/events-activ...
September 17, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Upcoming Sahel Seminar with Professor Gregory Mann, Columbia University, September 19, 11:45 AM–12:45 PM, in Rolfs Hall 109, sahelresearch.africa.ufl.edu/events-activ...
Discussing the emergence and future of the Alliance of Sahel States with @fdavion.bsky.social Thanks for attending our Sahel Seminar!
September 5, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Discussing the emergence and future of the Alliance of Sahel States with @fdavion.bsky.social Thanks for attending our Sahel Seminar!
The Sahel Research Group is happy to welcome our new Visitor Scholar, Ambassador Alexander Laskaris, Farès Davion who will be serving as our new Graduate Assistant, and Mohammed Sanda who starts a PhD in Geography!
August 29, 2025 at 5:43 PM
The Sahel Research Group is happy to welcome our new Visitor Scholar, Ambassador Alexander Laskaris, Farès Davion who will be serving as our new Graduate Assistant, and Mohammed Sanda who starts a PhD in Geography!
Victoria Simoni presented MINERVA findings on food security and diet this morning to an International audience in Paris at ICN. Great job representing UF and SRG, Victoria!
August 28, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Victoria Simoni presented MINERVA findings on food security and diet this morning to an International audience in Paris at ICN. Great job representing UF and SRG, Victoria!
We dedicate this week's newsletter to the memory of our friend and colleague Professor Abdou Salam Fall (d. 15 August 2025). Please see end of newsletter for more tributes to the life and work of Prof. Fall.
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August 22, 2025 at 2:00 PM
We dedicate this week's newsletter to the memory of our friend and colleague Professor Abdou Salam Fall (d. 15 August 2025). Please see end of newsletter for more tributes to the life and work of Prof. Fall.
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Violence is not fueled by a lack of food in West Africa, according to recent work by SRG Olivier Walther and Rafael Prieto-Curiel. The lack of seasonality in West African conflicts suggests that the story of hunger is one of political power anl.geog.ufl.edu/conflict-sea...
August 12, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Violence is not fueled by a lack of food in West Africa, according to recent work by SRG Olivier Walther and Rafael Prieto-Curiel. The lack of seasonality in West African conflicts suggests that the story of hunger is one of political power anl.geog.ufl.edu/conflict-sea...
JOB - 3-year Postdoctoral position with Dr. Vincent Foucher at Science Po Bordeaux: "Governing jihad in Africa: uses and regulations of jihadist and counter-insurgency violence" drive.google.com/file/d/1oLPb... Apply before September 15!
August 12, 2025 at 12:52 AM
JOB - 3-year Postdoctoral position with Dr. Vincent Foucher at Science Po Bordeaux: "Governing jihad in Africa: uses and regulations of jihadist and counter-insurgency violence" drive.google.com/file/d/1oLPb... Apply before September 15!
In West Africa, regions subject to food insecurity are not only prone to more violence, but conflict is more concentrated spatially than in other regions anl.geog.ufl.edu/food-insecur...
August 11, 2025 at 11:44 AM
In West Africa, regions subject to food insecurity are not only prone to more violence, but conflict is more concentrated spatially than in other regions anl.geog.ufl.edu/food-insecur...
🎉Congratulations on completing your PhD, Dr. Fall and Dr. Acosta!! 🎉
August 8, 2025 at 8:51 PM
🎉Congratulations on completing your PhD, Dr. Fall and Dr. Acosta!! 🎉
Latest News Brief on the Sahel — Click on link to read and subscribe!
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August 8, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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Farès Davion, who recently won the prize for best MA thesis at Sciences Po, is about to join our team as a PhD student www.sciencespo.fr/africa-progr...
August 8, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Farès Davion, who recently won the prize for best MA thesis at Sciences Po, is about to join our team as a PhD student www.sciencespo.fr/africa-progr...
The new book "École, Religion et République au Sahel" will be launched by Professor Leonardo Villalon and Dr. Mamadou Bodian in Dakar on August 11 at 3pm!
August 8, 2025 at 1:37 PM
The new book "École, Religion et République au Sahel" will be launched by Professor Leonardo Villalon and Dr. Mamadou Bodian in Dakar on August 11 at 3pm!
Grateful to Jordanna Yochai for sharing her work on political developments in Burkina Faso. Thanks to all who attended Wednesday's Sahel Seminar!
August 1, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Grateful to Jordanna Yochai for sharing her work on political developments in Burkina Faso. Thanks to all who attended Wednesday's Sahel Seminar!
Thanks for attending our pastoralism event today, everyone!
July 26, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Thanks for attending our pastoralism event today, everyone!
An insightful piece on the Sahel's evolving relationship with Turkey by Jordanna Yochai, our colleague and current visitor to the Sahel Research Group: www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/africa...
The Sahel is pivoting toward Turkey. Here’s what that means for Washington.
Washington will need to consider partnering with Turkey when it advances US interests—but it must approach any cooperation with clear eyes.
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July 25, 2025 at 2:33 PM
An insightful piece on the Sahel's evolving relationship with Turkey by Jordanna Yochai, our colleague and current visitor to the Sahel Research Group: www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/africa...