Negotiating Peace with Militant Islam in the Sahel: Insights from the NIJAR Project

The sight of Al-Qaeda’s flag flying over Mali’s Bamako International Airport after the Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM) attack in late September highlights a stark reality: in Africa, the violence of militant Islamist groups has almost tripled over the last decade, making the continent one of the world’s most impacted by terrorism. While Burkina Faso loses nearly half of its territory to militant groups and Mali and Niger experience daily attacks, an authoritarian turn has gripped the ⋙

NIJAR, Islamism, Islamic State, critical terrorism studies, deradicalisation, Mali, Burkina Faso, Mauritania, Niger, al-Qaeda, JNIM

Research Highlights

NIJAR workshop Negotiating in Jihadi though and praxis, Milan

NIJAR PRIN PNRR project 'Negotiating with Islamist and Jihadi Armed Groups' is organizing a workshop in ⋙

Lecture at EUI: Twilight of the Saints: The History and Politics of Salafism in Egypt, 21/06

Stéphane Lacroix, professor at Sciences Po, presents his most recent book on the socio-history of Egyptian Salafism Chair: ⋙

L'Africa geopolitica: presentazione libro di G. Faleg con L. Raineri, 4/06 SSSA

Giovanni Faleg, LUISS School of Government, presenterà il suo libro "L’Africa geopolitica. Strategie e scenari nell& ⋙

ERIS Emerging Research in International Security

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