Posts by Joe Gazeley
The death of Déby has exposed the limits of French influence...
Chadian President Idriss Déby has been killed. According to the official account of his death, Déby was fatally wounded while leading troops...
ATT, Mali’s ‘soldier of democracy’, moves on
Mali has been blessed, or perhaps cursed, with not one "de Gaulle" moment but with three. These moments of state collapse and...
Ghosts of juntas past: Can France get it right in Mali...
Should foreign allies prioritise liberty or stability in states undergoing extra-constitutional transition? France again faces this challenge in Mali, with the easy...
President Keita falls to a coup in Mali: 1968 is here...
As the initial fog begins to dissipate, it is now clear that Mali has suffered its fifth coup d’état since independence. A...
What next for UK-Africa relations after Brexit?