TPG Insight : What’s next for Mali after the end of the Barkhane operation?

Émo TouréMay 4, 2022

On the 17th of February 2022, President Emmanuel Macron announced that France and its allies would “start a coordinated removal of their military in the Malian... Read More

Russia’s Invasion in Ukraine and its Implications for China and Taiwan

The Paris GlobalistMay 2, 2022

Picture : Protests in Tapei, March 13th, in support of Ukrainians © AFP / Jose Lopes Amaral / NurPhoto / NurPhoto via AFP Western political pundits ranging ... Read More

Water warfare in West Africa

Quinn CarolanJanuary 14, 2022

Senegal (Matam county), 2012. The gray rhino of agro-pastoral conflicts lingers at the horizon of world politics. This poses a potential disaster particula... Read More

TPG Instant Insights – Ethiopia’s civil war

Lena FaucherDecember 21, 2021

Since November 2020, a large-scale armed conflict has been raging in the Tigray region of Ethiopia between the opposing forces of the Tigray People's Liberatio... Read More

A STATE WITHIN THE ITALIAN STATE: ENI’s Foreign Policy in Libya

Francesco Pietro LoiJune 23, 2021

On 21 March 2021, Italian Foreign Minister Luigi di Maio flew to Tripoli, Libya to meet the interim president of the Libyan Government of National Unity (GNU).... Read More

Breaking the Bank: A Journey from ECOWAS to ECO

Quinn CarolanMarch 28, 2021

On December 21, 2019 French President Emmanuel Macron and Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara announced the end of the Franc CFA, the regional currency of the ... Read More

A Repeat Episode in Côte d’Ivoire Electoral Politics?

Miroslava KovacovaOctober 29, 2020

Situation overview Less than a day before the next presidential election in Côte d’Ivoire, tensions are rising in a country that still lives in the shadow o... Read More

African social movements leading grassroots action during the current health crisis

Marta MasseraJune 15, 2020

It is night time in Senegal. In the capital, Dakar, a small group of young people enters the Fann hospital. They are wearing white coats, masks, and gloves, bu... Read More

The power of ignorance: Is Mauritius doomed to lose its history?

Shanda MoorghenMarch 27, 2020

After a complex decolonisation process rife with challenges, Mauritius was left to face its own demons. Freed from the shackles of British rule in March 1968, ... Read More

Freedom for Patrick George: Italians call for the release of University of Bologna student in Egypt

Marta MasseraMarch 19, 2020

On his arrival at Cairo airport, on the morning of February 7, Patrick George Zaky did not expect to find the police waiting for him. The young Egyptian resear... Read More