Image courtesy OECDThe latest report on security – Conflict Networks in North and West Africa, was just launched at a meeting of the Coalition for the Sahel. This new publication builds on the previous work in, Geography of Conflict in North and West Africa, launched at the Munich Security Conference in February 2020, by OECD Secretary General, Ángel Gurría.
Conflicts have become more violent and widespread than in the past. They have also become more difficult to resolve due to the complex relationships between a growing number of belligerents with diverging agendas.
By employing an innovative approach to conflict analysis, Dynamic Social Network Analysis, the report examines the types and evolution of relationships across actors in conflict. It analyses the impact of military interventions on the re-composition of violent groups and the shifting nature of insecurity. This new analysis, based on temporal and spatial approaches, will contribute to the creation of strategies that ensure long-term political stability and serves as a remind that there is a need for co-ordinated regional approaches and place-based policies.
This publication is the result of the collaborative effort between the SWAC Secretariat and the Sahel Research Group (Dr. Olivier Walther and Matthew Pflaum) at the University of Florida.
English version: https://oe.cd/il/3zZ
Version française: https://oe.cd/il/3z