Virginie Baudais
virginiebaudais.bsky.social
Virginie Baudais
@virginiebaudais.bsky.social
Dir. Sahel and West Africa programme SIPRI, Mali and Niger, security and governance.
New publication SIPRI-BUCOFORE
The impact of underfunded humanitarian assistance in Eastern Chad: the perspective of women Sudanese refugees 
BUCOFORE TCHAD
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The impact of underfunded humanitarian assistance in Eastern Chad: the perspective of women Sudanese refugees  - XCEPT
Since April 2023, the conflict between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has triggered the world’s largest and fastest-growing displacement crisis: over 12.8 million p...
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June 22, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Reposted by Virginie Baudais
Unprecedented rise in global military expenditure as European and Middle East spending surges. New SIPRI data on global #MilitarySpending out now.

Press release ➡️ bit.ly/3GH5GNe
Fact Sheet ➡️ doi.org/10.55163/AVE...

#GDAMS2025 #MilitaryExpenditure #DefenseBudget #MilitaryBudget #SIPRI
Unprecedented rise in global military expenditure as European and Middle East spending surges
(Stockholm, 28 April 2025) World military expenditure reached $2718 billion in 2024, an increase of 9.4 per cent in real terms from 2023 and the steepest year-on-year rise since at least the end of th...
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April 27, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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Le Mali, le Niger et le Burkina Faso rappellent leurs ambassadeurs en Algérie après un incident avec un drone
Le Mali, le Niger et le Burkina Faso rappellent leurs ambassadeurs en Algérie après un incident avec un drone
Les tensions augmentent entre le Mali et l’Algérie après la destruction, fin mars, d’un drone malien par le voisin algérien, accusé d’une action hostile préméditée.
www.lemonde.fr
April 6, 2025 at 11:55 PM
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#FactFriday ➡️ The five largest arms exporters in 2020–24 were: 🇺🇸 USA, 🇫🇷 France, 🇷🇺 Russia, 🇨🇳 China, and 🇩🇪 Germany.
Full data: armstransfers.sipri.org/ArmsTransfer/

Accurate, dependable information matters more than ever. Invest in the facts. Support SIPRI: sipri.org/about/suppor...
March 14, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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"Millions of people have fled their homes."

Our CEO and President, @comfortero.crisisgroup.org, was live on @cnn.com yesterday to discuss the escalation of conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo and the dire humanitarian situation.

edition.cnn.com/2025/02/25/T...
What’s driving the deadly conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo? An expert explains | CNN
Comfort Ero, President of the International Crisis Group, talks to Bianna Golodryga about what’s driving the deadly crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
edition.cnn.com
February 26, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Les assises nationales au Niger confirment l'enracinement des régimes militaires au Sahel: des transitions sans fin, des promotions et le bannissement ou la suppression des partis politiques. La régulation (prétorienne) du politique.

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Military Entrenchment in Mali and Niger: Praetorianism in Retrospect
This SIPRI report analyses the changes that have affected Mali and Niger since 2020.
www.sipri.org
February 22, 2025 at 2:54 PM
A look back at the regional REcAP conference held in Dakar on 10 and 11 February, organised by SIPRI, WANEP, and DRC with the support of the EU. Interesting sessions on regional cooperation and coordination in conflict prevention, peacebuilding, and the prevention of violent extremism.
February 17, 2025 at 11:59 AM
16-17 December 2024: Sahel Symposium at Uppsala University.
The symposium will give us the occasion to think further and together about how to strengthen academic spaces in present-day Sahel.
Two conference venues - Uppsala and Bamako and via zoom. Presentations in English and French.
December 10, 2024 at 8:06 AM
Données SIPRI 2023: Augmentation du chiffre d'affaires des plus grands producteurs d’armement. Les 100 plus grandes entreprises d'armement ont vendu pour environ 632 milliards de dollars d'armes et de services à caractère militaire, soit en termes réels de 4,2 % par rapport à 2022.
www.sipri.org
December 2, 2024 at 7:47 AM
Séminaire autour de la "Décolonisation du système éducatif et de la pensée, souveraineté monétaire" Faculté des Sciences Administratives et Politiques, 29 et 30 novembre à Bamako
November 29, 2024 at 3:02 PM