Sawahil
Alex ThurstonA newsletter about West Africa, MENA, Islam, and politics.
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Guest Post: A Turning Point in Burkina Faso? A Cleric's Detention Threatens the Junta's Legitimacy
[In this guest post, Abdul Zanya Salifu unpacks the ramifications of a recent arrest in Burkina Faso, under military rule since 2022 - AT.]
On May 26, 2026, masked security forces (“hommes cagoulés”) stormed the Ouagadougou residence of th...
How does Mali's President Assimi Goïta Survive?
It has now been over a month since the devastating jihadist/rebel attacks that befell Mali on April 25, over five years since the May 2021 coup that erased all pretense of a civilian-led “transition” in Mali, and nearly six years since the...
West Africa, Horn, MENA: Links for 5/29/2026
Last week’s links are available here.
Sahel and West Africa
In Senegal, three days after his firing, ex-Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko was elected President of the National Assembly. His ally-turned-rival, President Diomaye Faye, appointe...
Sudan: RSF Defections Raise Troubling Questions
The Rapid Support Forces (RSF), one of two main factions fighting in Sudan’s war, have suffered substantial defections in recent weeks to the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), the other main faction in the war. The defections raise three main qu...
Senegal: As Faye and Sonko Split, It's Advantage Sonko
On May 22, Senegalese President Diomaye Faye dismissed Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko and the rest of the government. As I wrote a few weeks ago here, the tensions between Faye and Sonko owe first and foremost to disagreements over how to res...
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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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