Sawahil
Alex ThurstonA newsletter about West Africa, MENA, Islam, and politics.
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Morocco's Legislative Elections: Ten Weeks Out
Amel Boubekeur recently wrote a careful analysis of, as the title has it, “Why Algeria still holds elections when the outcomes are predetermined.” Elections matter - and in neighboring Morocco, the outcome is significantly harder to guess....
Mali: The Symbolism of Mountaga Tall's Prolonged Disappearance
At RFI,1 David Baché reports that the United Nations’ Committee on Enforced Disappearances has sent a letter to the Malian authorities pressing for action on the disappearance of Mountaga Tall. A lawyer and pro-democracy activist who played...
West Africa, Horn, MENA: 7/10/2026
Last week’s links can be found here.
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AFP: “How US Is Using Cash and Threats to Dump Migrants in Africa.”
Sahel and West Africa
Senegalese President Diomaye Faye has appointed technocrats to head Petrosen Holding (the state-o...
Thinking about Syria and the Sahel at the Intersection of Anti-Authoritarianism, Anti-Imperialism, and Negotiation
I contributed an essay on Mali and Syria to the latest issue of Muftah Magazine. Among other themes, the piece touches on painful and controversial debates relating to Syria and the “Western Left.”
In brief, some elements of the Left - wh...
It's Not the Right Time for the U.S. to Restart "Security Cooperation" with the Sahel
I’ve seen two major calls recently for Washington to re-open “security cooperation” with Mali and the other military-ruled Sahel states, especially Burkina Faso and Niger:
- In Just Security, International Crisis Group’s Franklin Nossite...
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I teach in the School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Cincinnati. I work on a range of topics connected to Islam and politics.
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