Victor Angelo

  1. Situation critique du Mali Mali est au bord de l’effondrement en tant qu’État, la majorité de son territoire étant menacée par des grou...

Mali, a vast country and a mosaic of cultures, is just two steps from Europe and one step from collapsing as a state. Earlier this week, the...

The world smells dangerously like gunpowder  Victor Angelo The Munich Security Conference, an annual event now celebrating its 60th edition,...

Peace. Dignity. Equality. Planet. Victor Angelo   On this Christmas Eve, it seems appropriate to recall the current motto of the Unite...

New uncertainties next door in the Greater Sahel Victor Angelo   In 1990, the Chadian rebel leader Idriss Déby returned to the country...

In the Sahel, a lot of military and little politics Victor Angelo   The call came from Bamako. On the other end of the line was a form...

How about lunch in the Sahel? Victor Angelo   A few years ago, my wife and I were invited to an unusual Christmas lunch. The invitatio...

  In today’s Diário de Notícias (Lisbon) Notes on Mali Victor Angelo     Mali is a fascinating country, diverse in its landscapes ...

  The Libyan conflict started nine years ago. It has been violent, and it destroyed most of the economy and livelihoods, as well as the Stat...

  The serious political situation Mali is going through raises in my mind some fundamental questions about the political performance of the ...

Following what I wrote yesterday about the national armies in some of the Sahelian countries – that their low operational capacity is one...

A ministerial meeting of the International Coalition for the Sahel was held on Friday, 12 June 2020 and co-chaired by Mauritania, the EU ...

The poor people in the Sahelian countries are now facing three major menaces to their survival: terrorism, covid-19, and hunger. All thre...

Thanks to a friend and the digital technology, I could watch the sun setting below the horizon of Bamako, the capital of Mali. The Niger ...

As we approach the door of the London NATO Summit, which opens on 3 December, we cannot ignore one of the key questions the Alliance must...

In the Southern flank of the EU, just next door to all of us, the instability and systematic violations of people’s rights are growing by...

We are witnessing the emergence of a new campaign against Iran that includes “information” about that country’s growing presence in West ...

Not too long ago, during my time in the Sahel Region, I met regularly with Sudanese community villagers, men and women, as well as with o...

This weekend there was another massacre in Mali. This time, the victims were ethnic Dogon villagers living in the central region of the c...

Another link on the Sahel security situation: https://africacenter.org/spotlight/the-complex-and-growing-threat-of-militant-islamist-grou...