Jan-Albert Hootsen @jahootsen.bsky.social Mexico Representative @ Committee to Protect Journalists | Journalist @ Trouw, Het Laatste Nieuws et al. | Opinions are my own | All will be settled | Link Tree: https://linktr.ee/jan_albert.hootsen?utm_source=linktree_profile_share<sid=5e014c24-b6fc-
Gurvan Kristanadjaja @gurvankris.bsky.social 🖋️ Journaliste reporter au service société de @liberation.fr
📖 Auteur de «Amok, mon père» (Philippe Rey)
éditions La fabrique @lafabrique.bsky.social Édition
https://lafabrique.fr
Juliette Duclos-Valois @jduclosvalois.bsky.social anthropologist · @cetobac.bsky.social
uncertainty, (im)mobility, habitability, and the everyday in Iraq
🎙️ @ Cracker l’époque. Le podcast des imaginaires politiques
Dr Pete Olusoga @dr-peter-olusoga.bsky.social BPS Chartered Psychologist & Senior Lecturer in Psychology (stress, burnout & well-being). Host of the EightyPercentMental Podcast. Occasionally writes things. Sometimes smiles.
Some stuff here, innit: https://linktr.ee/PeteOlusoga
David Olusoga @davidolusoga.bsky.social British-Nigerian Historian - BAFTA Winning Producer/Presenter - Best Selling Author - AGENT cwalker@unitedagents.co.uk
Rachel Deering @racheldeering.bsky.social Poet. #ReadMorePoetry Collections: Crown of Eggshell, In the Shadow of Gods @BookWormSat w/ Signe Maene. Literature, art, myth, folklore, the gothic. Left wing. 🇪🇺 She/her 🌈🏳️⚧️ Ally https://linktr.ee/rachel_deering
https://ko-fi.com/kofisupporter68929
Marte Beldé @marte-belde.bsky.social Postdoctoral researcher @SciencesPo Bordeaux (GOVJIHAD project)
PhD in PolSci from Ghent University (Conflict & Development department)
jihad, conflict, political economy, space and mobility in the Sahel
Particular focus on Sikasso region, southern Mali
Crisis Group | Sahel @sahel.crisisgroup.org Compte officiel du Projet Sahel de @crisisgroup.org. Nous sommes une ONG à but non lucratif oeuvrant pour la prévention et la résolution des conflits armés.
Sagaïdou Bilal @sagaidoubilal.bsky.social Journalist, Rédacteur en chef central adjoint & Responsable fact-checking à Tama Média (@tamamedia.bsky.social)
@briceminkoa.bsky.social @briceminkoa.bsky.social International relations, Foreign Policy, #Sahel #Student
François Mazet @fmazet.bsky.social Journaliste, service Afrique @RFI
@karimsylla.bsky.social @karimsylla.bsky.social 
menastream @menastream.bsky.social 
Nicolas Réméné @nikosp23.bsky.social Documentary photographer currently based in Dakar (SN). Covering the Sahel and West Africa for some fifteen years. https://bit.ly/4g3NtWS
https://www.nicolasremene.com - https://www.instagram.com/nicolas_remene/
Jerome Mellon @jeromemellon.bsky.social UN Political Affairs & Peacekeeping Specialist @unpeacebuilding.bsky.social @unpeacekeeping.bsky.social @undppa.bsky.social United Nations, tweeting on peace, security & governance; views are my own
Madina Thiam @thiamm.bsky.social Historian
🔗 thiam.me
Dougoukolo Alpha “Baba” Ba Konaré @biifuuta.bsky.social Clinical psychologist from 🇲🇱 🇫🇷.
Also, public policy, strategic studies.
Work on #Fula(ni) topics, reconciliation, human rights, national narratives.
Here for the memes, tbqh.
#StayWoke
Tomasz Rolbiecki @tomaszrolbiecki.bsky.social Security analyst and researcher. Focusing on VEOs in Sub-Saharan Africa, primarily Lake Chad.
Brian J. Peterson @brianjapeterson.bsky.social Historian of Africa, Prof at Union College (NY). Author: Thomas Sankara https://iupress.org/9780253053763/thomas-sankara/ Interested in Sahel and francophone Africa: French colonialism, revolutions, Cold War, environmental history
Christopher Lash @chrislashhist.bsky.social Historian of Poland and CEE in the world based in Warsaw, Poland. Might be the odd political skeet here and there. Private views
Adam Baczko @adambaczko.bsky.social CNRS Researcher at the Center for International Studies (CERI) of Sciences Po. Civil Wars, Law and Politics, in Syria, Afghanistan, Mali and more recently Mexico. All publication on https://cv.hal.science/adam-baczko
Imrana Buba @bubaimrana.bsky.social Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Oslo | USIP Fellow | University of Edinburgh Alum. Nigeria, social resilience, civilian agency, conflict, & local peace.- M Mirko Tommasi @mirkot.bsky.social Humanitarian. Somewhere in the #sahel. Views my own.
Fanny Pigeaud @fpigeaud.bsky.social Journaliste
En photo, une œuvre du peintre sénégalais Ndoye Dout’s à ses débuts (1999)
digitaldjeli @digitaldjeli.bsky.social SOAS ex BBC WS. Recovering anthropologist. Writing & reporting on Europe, Africa, the world - militarisation, conflict, energy transitions & The Threat Business
www.digitaldjeli.com
Manelitux @manelitux.bsky.social Antropòleg treballant en Salut Pública i Acció Humanitària / Social anthropologist working in #PublicHealth #WASH #humanitarian.
olafbernau @olafbernau.bsky.social Member of Afrique-Europe-Interact. Tweets mainly about the Sahel. Book: Brennpunkt Westafrika. Die Fluchtursachen und was Europa tun sollte (2022).- A Amadou Amath @amadouamath.bsky.social Independant Researcher / Sahel Crisis / West Africa / Geopolitics / Military & Security - Ocean & Jazz are my countries
Guillaume Baret @guillaume-baret.bsky.social 🚑 Humanitarian operations manager for Médecins Sans Frontières (#MSF)
BellevilleZoo, Gaillac City ...
🏃🏻♂️(Ultra) running ✒️ Gribouillages 🎤Rap
Célian Macé @celianmace.bsky.social Journaliste à Libération
Aïssatou Mbodj-Pouye @satoumbodj.bsky.social Anthropologist, Mali, Sénégal, France. Popular culture, languages, media esp. radio.
Hasret Kargın @hasretkargin.bsky.social Researcher/ Focus on Africa
https://open.substack.com/pub/hasretkargin?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=4mz338
Sub-Saharan Africa report every week.
Allison Grossman @allisong.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Political Science at Tulane | politics of development & humanitarianism in the Sahel and West Africa | bilingue
Pieter Van Ostaeyen @p-vanostaeyen.bsky.social Historian & Arabist
Independent analyst on Jihadism, History, Arabic & Islamic Studies
Publications available via https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6691-1988
Antje Herrberg @antje4peace.bsky.social Peace entrepreneur & mediator, stabilisation & security specialist, environment advocate, currently @Berghof Foundation and @College of Europe, join and like the podcast Masterpeace
@rogulan.bsky.social @rogulan.bsky.social 
Jędrzej Czerep @jedrzejczerep.bsky.social Head of Middle East and Africa Programme, Polish Institute of International Affairs (PISM). African politics, society, culture.
Lyes Tagziria @lyestagziria.bsky.social Senior Analyst at the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime (GI-TOC). Researcher of illicit economies and instability in West Africa & the Sahel. Lover of data, graphs and excels.
Sarah Zimmerman @sjzimmerman.bsky.social Historian, gender, West Africa, French imperialism, militarization, Author of Militarizing Marriage (Ohio UP 2020). Past-présidente of French Colonial Historical Society, BCDSS alum, recovering Oakland As Fan, PNW hiking/backpacking...w/ signature typoes
Kalidou Sy @kalidousy.bsky.social Journaliste/ Réalisateur 🇫🇷🇸🇳
Entre France 24 et TV5 Monde pour suivre l’actualité africaine.
Ex correspondant au Sahel (2016-2022)
#FuckCancer
Dr. Matt Herbert @drherbert.bsky.social Global Thematic Lead on Human Smuggling and Head of Research for North Africa and the Sahel at the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime.
MaggieDwyer.bsky.social @maggiedwyer.bsky.social Senior Lecturer, University of Edinburgh; Research on military and politics in Africa, peacekeeping, conflict, interventions.
Jesper Bjarnesen @jesperbjarnesen.bsky.social Senior researcher at the Nordic Africa Institute working on labour mobilities, displacement, urban informalities, street protests in Sahel, Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Burundi. Also interested in AU, EU and Nordic migration policies and politics.
@enadion.bsky.social @enadion.bsky.social 
Amaury Hauchard @amhauchard.bsky.social Journaliste indépendant
Brandon Kendhammer @kendhammer.bsky.social Political Scientist and development/conflict specialist, religion+politics in Nigeria (📚=Muslims Talking Politics and Boko Haram: A Short History). Grumpy about higher ed and CVE policy, enthusiastic about alt country and the Green Bay Packers.
Abdou Kh. Cisse @rebayacall.bsky.social Coordinateur des rédactions de l'Agence de de presse africaine (APA- Apanews.net)
Ancien de Dakaractu - Leral - Carrapide
Je travaille essentiellement sur les mouvements jihadistes en Afrique de l'ouest
Tanguy Quidelleur @tanguyq.bsky.social PhD. Polical Science / Docteur en Science Politique - Social dynamics of violence in Burkina Faso and Mali. Postdoc - Centre européen de sociologie et de science politique (CESSP) - Université Paris I-Panthéon-Sorbonne. Private security in Africa. 
Benjamin Roger @benjaminroger.bsky.social Journaliste @lemonde.fr - Service Afrique @lemondeafrique.bsky.social
Ag Akal @tinaouker12.bsky.social Le silence est l'ami qui ne trahit pas.
InZawnaker1 @inzawnaker.bsky.social مسلم ، من البدو ، ابن الصحراء تينيري
musulman,nomade, fils du Sahara Activiste Azawadien
🏜️📷 #Sahara #Désert #FreeAzawad #FreePalestine
Vincent Hiribarren @bixhiribarren.bsky.social Historian of West Africa based at @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social #Nigeria #DigitalHumanities www.vincenthiribarren.com
Franklin Nossiter @franklinnoss.bsky.social Sahel Researcher @ International Crisis Group
Dakar, Senegal
@harounasimbo.bsky.social @harounasimbo.bsky.social Journaliste fact checker | Analyste Désinformation au #Sahel | Géopolitique du cyberespace | Engagé #TheAfricaWeWant🌍
Tinea @tinea10.bsky.social Anarchist, aid worker, altermondialiste. Rooting for: agro-ecology, self-determination, and enough food for everybody. The Sahel and the Sonoran.
Sahel Research Group @ufsahelresearch.bsky.social The Sahel Research Group at the University of Florida is no longer active on Bluesky. Please follow us on LinkedIn and Facebook, or visit our website https://sahelresearch.africa.ufl.edu/
Bruno Charbonneau @charbonneaub.bsky.social Professor of International Studies, President founder Climate Security Association of Canada https://www.csac-acsc.org/
@ccascoe.bsky.social
Working on climate change, security, and defence; West Africa; NATO
Plays hockey and video games
👀 - Kris à Ouaga - 🇫🇷 🇧🇫 @krisaouaga.bsky.social "Un jour des fous vous gouverneront et vous les applaudirez".
Fulbert YOULOU (1er président du Congo Brazzaville )
Hervé Doumbia @almouslime.bsky.social Géopolitique : Moyen-Orient - Sahel - Terrorisme - Cyber Threat Intelligence.
Fanny Noaro-Kabré @fannynokab.bsky.social Journaliste freelance au Burkina Faso 🇧🇫@TV5Monde @afp @rtsinfo
Aurélien Tobie @aurelientobie.bsky.social Peacebuilding issues in the Sahel and beyond - Fragility and stabilisation, conflict sensitivity, armed groups, gender. All personal views.
Adib Bencherif @abnomadictone.bsky.social Universitaire nomade. Professeur adjoint à l’École de politique appliquée à l'UdeS. Directeur du Laboratoire interdisciplinaire sur les risques et les crises (LIRIC). Expertise: Nomades,Touaregs, Sahara, Sahel, conflits, identités, risques, crises
Bokar Sangaré @bokarsangare.bsky.social PhD candidate, SciencePo ULB.
Sahel/Mali politics. Editorial board Afriquexxi.info & Benbere.org. Chroniqueur Sahel pour @Liberation.fr.
Mail : bokarsang@protonmail.com
Katherine Pye @katherinepye.bsky.social PhD candidate at LSE. Associate Fellow, Centre for European Reform. I study European interventionism, meaning making, the Sahel, EU in Africa.
Tommy Miles @tommymiles.bsky.social West African history enthusiast, socialist, football fan. Independent scholar, author, recovering academic. Reading history of Niger, Mali, & Glasgow Celtic.
https://www.instagram.com/p/Cwncv7cLB7I/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA%3D%3D
Christian Klatt @christianklatt.bsky.social Working for Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung around the globe, previous #Mali, now #Cameroon
Séverine Awenengo Dalberto @sevead.bsky.social Historienne, CNRS, Institut des mondes africains, corédac chef de la revue Politique africaine. - B Marc-André Boisvert @boisvertma.bsky.social
Delina Goxho @delinagoxho.bsky.social Researcher working on all things Remote --(drones/specialforces/foreign training/mercenaries) in #Niger #Sahel #WestAfrica @EgmontInstitute @ScuolaNormaleSuperiore @SecurityPraxis
Charlie Werb @charliewerb.bsky.social Sub-Saharan Africa (mostly Sahel) | Terrorism | Conflict | Opinions are my own
Anna Schmauder @annateesch.bsky.social #Sahel Researcher & analyst working on armed groups + hybrid orders in Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger - currently adviser at http://stabilisation-platform.de/en / Non-Resident Fellow GPPi https://gppi.net/team/anna-schmauder/ thru-hiker 22/23
Ananke Group @anankegroup.bsky.social Conflicts - Tech - Society - Africa - Middle East - Europe
Katarina Höije @katarinah.bsky.social Economic migrant l Toubab l
Words from West Africa for Bloomberg
Andrew Lebovich @andrewlebovich.bsky.social Research Fellow, Clingendael Institute. Post-doc with with the Danish Institute for International Studies. PhD in African History from Columbia University. Learning and writing about the Sahel, North Africa, and France.
aoifemccullough.bsky.social @aoifemccullough.bsky.social Blueskies (and darkskies) on militarisation in the Sahel. PhD candidate at the London School of Economics. Research Associate at ODI Global.
aoifemccullough.com
https://www.lse.ac.uk/international-development/people/research-students/Aoife-McCullough 
Frédérick Madore @fmadore.bsky.social Historian | Digital Humanities & AI | Data Curator, University of Bayreuth
https://www.frederickmadore.com/
https://islam.zmo.de/s/westafrica
Leonie Felicitas @leoniefelicitas.bsky.social Still finding my way into bsky | Currently PhDing @UvA_AISSR | West Africa/Senegal - EU, b/orders, colonial continuities | She/her | Somewhere between Brx, Brln, Dkr - mostly in a library |🍉.
Julien Antouly @julien-antouly.bsky.social Researcher in International humanitarian law, mostly focusing on humanitarianism, counterterrorism and the Sahel region
Ousmane A. Diallo @usmaanaali.bsky.social I hope this is a better place than Twitter
Marine Guéguin @marinegueguin.bsky.social Lecturer in Security Studies and IR at Leeds Beckett Uni | PhD in Security Studies at Uni of Leeds |
Research Interests: Terrorism, Counterterrorism & Decolonial CT, France, Sahel | Co-host and co-creator of Insecure: A Security Podcast
Casey McNeill @caseymcneill.bsky.social International relations prof. Critical security studies, political geography, historical IR, Sahel. NYC. She/her 
Eric J. Schmidt @ejschmidt.bsky.social ethnomusicologist at Babson College . researching music economies in NW Africa (Sahel/Sahara) . Californian survivor of the New England & North Texas taco dystopiae
FactSpace West Africa @factspacewa.bsky.social Fact-checking organisation fighting bad information, guided by IFCN code of principles.
Christoph N. Vogel @ethuin.bsky.social Researcher, advisor, scholar and investigator. Hiphop and cooking aficionado. Kujenga amani lazima kuelewa vita.
Mirco Göpfert @goepfe.bsky.social anthropologist and Prof für ganz Wichtiges
https://nojoke.net/
Jonathan Guiffard @joeguiffard.bsky.social 🇨🇵 in 🇬🇧
Researching strategic competition on
1. 🇺🇸 Cyber & SIGINT
2. 🌾W-African rivalries
🔬PhD in Geopolitics @ GEODE (IFG/Paris 8 Uni.)
🪔 Teaching @ Sciences Po Paris (intel&cyber)
🏖 Fmr 🇨🇵 gov
ACLED @acleddata.bsky.social Armed Conflict Location and Event Data (ACLED) is an independent, impartial, international NGO collecting data on violent conflict and protests globally.
Adam Sandor @adamsandor.bsky.social Researching South-South security cooperation and armed groups in Africa. #Mali #Niger #Nigeria #Mozambique #CAR.
Caleb Weiss @calebweiss.bsky.social Defections Program Lead for Uganda at Bridgeway Foundation. Kampala-based. Editor @LongWarJournal. Focused on jihadism and political violence in Africa.
Catherine Lena Kelly @catherinelkelly.bsky.social Associate Prof/Associate Dean at Africa Center for Strategic Studies. CFR Term Member, ex ABA ROLI, Harvard, WashU. Justice/rule of law, democracy/security sector governance, organized crime. Personal account.
Vincent Foucher @vincentfoucher.bsky.social West African politics maniac. Bissau-Conakry-Dakar-Banjul & all things Boko Haram. https://www.lam.sciencespobordeaux.fr/membre/vincent-foucher/
https://afriquexxi.info/
https://polaf.hypotheses.org/la-revue
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Fabian @fabsenbln.bsky.social Aviation, politics, terrorism, military stuff and OSINT from West Africa 🇧🇫 🇳🇪 🇲🇱 🇹🇩 🇧🇯 🇹🇬 🇨🇮
Find me on Twitter: https://x.com/fabsenbln
https://fabsenbln.substack.com/
ilyssa Yahmi @ilyssa.bsky.social Assistant Professor, The American University of Paris | PhD, Temple University | smuggling, borders, violence & (in-)security, identity | Former @USIP @DoDMinerva Peace Scholar & @XCEPT_Research | Sahel & North Africa
Denis Tull @denistull.eurosky.social Researcher I Conflict I Intervention I Politics I Sahel
@swp-mea.bsky.social I @megatrends-afrika.de
https://www.swp-berlin.org/en/researcher/denis-m-tull
Views strictly my own
Arnaud Contreras @arnaudcontreras.bsky.social Auteur, reporter et producteur / France Culture et RFI, photographe /// ⚓️ & 🐪
www.arnaudcontreras.com
Sergio Altuna @altuna.bsky.social Mostly Islamism. North Africa & Sahel. Narratives and counternarratives. Senior Research Fellow at GWU Program on Extremism
francesco strazzari @zaz.bsky.social professor of international relations | studies armed conflict and social change - Substack (IT): @francescostrazzari
Marielle Debos @debos.bsky.social Prof. of Political Science. University of Paris Nanterre @uparisnanterre.bsky.social - ISP
Writing on war, tech, gender, postcolonialism
Completing a book on biometrics in Africa
She/her
https://www.marielledebos.com/en/about/