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Conflict and Fragility

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Politisiert Euch!

06 Nov 2020 - 11:41
Anna Schmauder
Source: Streets of Bamako during the 2020 Malian coup d'état, VOA / Wikimedia Commons
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Der Militärputsch in Mali zeigt: Die internationalen Stabilisierungsmissionen greifen zu kurz. Europa muss politische Reformprozesse voranbringen und auf Konditionalität setzen.
External authors
Anna Schmauder
Anna Schmauder
former Research Fellow at Clingendael’s Conflict Research Unit

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Conflict and Fragility

Op-ed

Migration and Development in the new EU Budget ​​​​​​​

27 Oct 2020 - 20:58
Source: View from the minaret of the Grande Mosquée in Niamey, Niger - Eric Haglund / Flickr
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Lessons learnt from EUTF implementation in the Sahel
The so-called migration crisis of 2015 marked a turning point as parts of the securitization and externalization approach started to encroach into the development policy domain with the creation of the Emergency Trust Fund for Africa (EUTF).
External authors
Thea Hambleton - former intern Clingendael’s Conflict Research Unit

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Conflict and Fragility

Op-ed

The ‘Fight against Terrorism’ in the Sahel revisited

26 Oct 2020 - 09:00
Anna van der Meulen
Source: Jay Sterling Austin / Flickr
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New initiatives, operations and coalitions fighting terrorism in the Sahel appear regularly. One important negative side effect is that these operations often have severe repercussions for local populations.
External authors
Anna van der Meulen
Anna van der Meulen
former intern Clingendael’s Conflict Research Unit

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Security and Defence

Policy briefs

Four scenarios for the Ivorian Presidential elections

21 Oct 2020 - 22:06
Kars de Bruijne
Clionadh Raleigh
Source: Street Scene Ivory Coast, BBC World / Flickr
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Presidential and parliamentary election in Cote d’Ivoire are scheduled for October 31, 2020. As more violence is expected, the central question is where this violence is taking and will be taking place and which conditions are encouraging it.
External authors
Clionadh Raleigh
Clionadh Raleigh
Executive Director Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED)

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Conflict and Fragility

Reports and papers

Economic & governance effects of migration policies in Agadez

05 Oct 2020 - 11:00
Source: By Anna Schmauder (May 2019)
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When the dust settles 

Mobility has played an important role in Niger’s north throughout its history. Local populations, in response to droughts or shifting border regimes in Libya and Algeria, have traditionally been able to make changes to their livelihood strategies and have shown a remarkable capacity for adaptation, often through migration as a way of diversifying livelihoods.

External authors
Anna Schmauder - former Research Fellow at Clingendael’s Conflict Research Unit

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Europe in the World

Alerts

Five crises around Europe not to be forgotten despite Covid-19

04 Aug 2020 - 10:46
Bob Deen
Tobias von Lossow
Jos Meester
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COVID-19 understandably dominates both the headlines and policymakers’ agendas, but there are other crises brewing around Europe that receive far less media coverage. Our experts highlight five political and military crises that stubbornly refuse to take a holiday break and which might well come to overshadow the summer season.

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Conflict and Fragility

Policy briefs

Pandémonium pour les éleveurs au Sahel

14 Jul 2020 - 09:51
Source: Herder of the Sahel, Frieda Mikulcak - Global Landscapes Forum Follow / Flickr
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Entre pandémie et pauvreté
Au Sahel, la fermetures des marchés, des frontières et les restrictions de mouvement pour arrêter la propagation de la COVID-19 ont perturbé le secteur pastoral.
External authors
Loïc Bisson - former junior researcher at the Clingendael Institute

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Conflict and Fragility

Policy briefs

Pandemic meets poverty: Pandemonium for pastoralists in the Sahel

10 Jul 2020 - 16:49
Source: Herder of the Sahel, Frieda Mikulcak - Global Landscapes Forum Follow / Flickr
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In the Sahel, market closures, border closures and movement restrictions to stop the spread of COVID-19 have disrupted the structurally weak pastoral sector, already made vulnerable by conflict.
External authors
Loïc Bisson - former junior researcher at the Clingendael Institute

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Conflict and Fragility

Policy briefs

Improving decentralised natural resource management in the Sahel

29 Jun 2020 - 10:22
Source: Photos by Bakary Koné
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The case of the Sourou river plain in Mali
With climate change, natural resources in the Sahel grow increasingly scarce.
External authors
Fransje Molenaar - former senior research fellow at the Clingendael Institute
Sibout Nooteboom - International Secretary Netherlands commission for Environmental Assessment

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Conflict and Fragility

Policy briefs

Améliorer la gestion des ressources naturelles au Sahel

29 Jun 2020 - 01:52
Source: Photos by Bakary Koné
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Le cas de la plaine du fleuve Sourou au Mali
L’absence de gestion efficace des ressources naturelles est devenue un facteur clé de conflit au Sahel.
External authors
Fransje Molenaar - former senior research fellow at the Clingendael Institute
Sibout Nooteboom - Secrétaire international Commission néerlandaise pour l'évaluation environnementale
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