The future downsizing, reorganisation and realignment of international forces will affect the various development and stabilisation projects launched by the international community
Andrew Lebovich narrates the repercussions of Macron’s decision of ending Barkhane Operation and the formation of an international coalition to replace it
For many European governments, the current extent of their military involvement in the Sahel already pushes up against political red lines at home
Tensions appeared when the efforts to support regional trade faced the European migration agenda
Andrew Lebovich is quoted in Euractiv on migrations and the relation between UE and North Africa
For China, aid is investment. For Europe, it is charity
But such a meeting could help to develop a long-term strategy for Africa – as an equal partner and not just a recipient of development aid
Andrew Lebovich analyses the situation in the Sahel after Operation Barkhane will be brought to an end
Paris is clearly signalling Mali to push more forcefully to at least try and ensure a modicum of transition rather than the ongoing military rule
[…] Malian democracy and Malian politics was being built around clientelism, patronage networks and this kind of consensus politics
Andrew Lebovich believes that the rosy analysis of democracy in Mali was always incomplete because it missed what was happening under the surface
France’s reaction is partly due to the good relationship it has established with President Ndaw, who had just returned from a summit on the African economy in Paris
It was an attempt to try to reassert some form of civilian control over the transition
Mali’s civilian leadership fired Camara and Koné to try to take the upper hand, according to Andrew Lebovich,
