About
I am a Visiting Associate Professor at the Sahel Research Group and Center for African Studies at the University of Florida and an Associate Professor in Political Science at the University of Southern Denmark. I am also affiliated with the Division of Global Affairs at Rutgers. My Ph.D. is from the University of Lausanne in…
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Olivier J. Walther, Ph.D.
Visiting Associate Professor
Center for African Studies
University of Florida
425 Grinter Hall
Gainesville, FL 32611
United States
Political violence in the Sahel-Sahara
The Sahel and the Sahara are faced with exceptional political instability involving a combination of rebellions, jihadist insurgencies, military coups, protest movements and illegal trafficking. In this new OECD working paper and blog, I argue that the Sahel-Sahara is not just the victim of an escalation of wars and conflicts that marked the 20th century.…
