The fragmentation of conflict networks in North and West Africa

Posted on May 6, 2024

WALTHER, RUSSELL – The fragmentation of conflict networks in North and West Africa Walther, Olivier and Russell, David Article first published online: 09 March 2024 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1787/24142026 ABSTRACT: African armed conflicts involve a myriad of state forces, rebel groups and extremist organisations bound by rapidly changing alliances and rivalries. Organisations that were allies one day […]

Geography Colloquium: Understanding conflict and predicting risk: an assessment of the drivers and spatial dynamics of conflict between jaguars and free-roaming cattle in the Rupununi, Guyana

Posted on September 26, 2023

Speaker: Dr. Matthew Hallett Assistant Research Professor Tropical Conservation and Development Program Center for Latin American Studies University of Florida Thursday, September 7, 2023 3:00-3:50 PM (Period 8) Recorded for YouTube Turlington Hall 3018 and Zoom University of Florida Abstract: Depredation of cattle and corresponding retaliatory killing represents the primary threat to the globally significant […]

Urbanisation and Conflicts in North and West Africa

Posted on March 21, 2023

WALTHER, RUSSELL, PFLAUM – Urbanisation and Conflicts in North and West Africa Olivier J. Walther, Steven M. Radil, David G. Russell, Matthew Pflaum, Alexander Thurston First published online: 21 Mar 2023 OECD Report DOI: 10.1787/3fc68183-en ABSTRACT: North and West Africa are undergoing rapid urbanisation. While cities and urban areas have always been sites of conflict, […]

Geography Colloquium: Borders and Conflicts in North and West Africa

Posted on September 2, 2022

Speaker: Dr. Olivier Walther Assistant Professor Department of Geography University of Florida Thursday, September 8, 2022 4:00-4:50 PM (Period 9) Turlington Hall 3018 University of Florida Abstract: This paper examines the role of borderlands in contemporary armed conflicts in West and North Africa. Building on a disaggregated analysis of more than 171 000 violent events, we […]

Security and Trade in African Borderlands-An Introduction

Posted on March 14, 2022

WALTHER – Security and Trade in African Borderlands-An Introduction Olivier Walther Article first published online: 08 Mar 2022 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/08865655.2022.2049350 ABSTRACT: The goal of this special issue is to explore the relationships that bind trade and security in African borderlands. Examples from the Horn, North, and West Africa suggest that African countries are in the difficult situation […]

Audrey Smith’s Interdisciplinary Work Published in the Journal Water

Posted on September 10, 2021

PhD student Audrey C. Smith (adviser Dr. Jane Southworth) co-authored a paper with UF Geography almuna Dr. Erin L. Bunting as product of a SESYNC ‘pursuit’ interdisciplinary team of students and faculty from multiple institutions. The paper titled “Interpersonal Conflict over Water is Associated with Household Demographics, Domains of Water Insecurity, and Regional Conflict: Evidence […]

Contextualizing the Relationship Between Borderlands and Political Violence: A Dynamic Space-Time Analysis in North and West Africa

Posted on August 25, 2021

WALTHER – Contextualizing the Relationship Between Borderlands and Political Violence: A Dynamic Space-Time Analysis in North and West Africa Steven M. Radila, Ian Irmischer. & Olivier J. Walther Article first published online: 25 AUG 2021 Journal of Borderlands Studies DOI: 10.1080/08865655.2021.1968926 ABSTRACT: This paper examines the role of borderlands in contemporary armed conflicts in North […]

Interpersonal Conflict over Water Is Associated with Household Demographics, Domains of Water Insecurity, and Regional Conflict: Evidence from Nine Sites across Eight Sub-Saharan African Countries

Posted on April 22, 2021

BUNTING, SMITH – Interpersonal Conflict over Water Is Associated with Household Demographics, Domains of Water Insecurity, and Regional Conflict: Evidence from Nine Sites across Eight Sub-Saharan African Countries Amber L. Pearson, Elizabeth A. Mack, Amanda Ross, Richard Marcantonio, Andrew Zimmer, Erin L. Bunting, Audrey C. Smith, Joshua D. Miller, Tom Evans, andThe HWISE Research Coordination […]

New report on conflict networks in North and West Africa

Posted on March 30, 2021

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 […]

The Geography of Conflict in North and West Africa

Posted on February 14, 2020

WALTHER – The Geography of Conflict in North and West Africa Olivier Walther Article first published online: 14 FEB 2020 OECD Report DOI: 10.1787/02181039-en ABSTRACT: African governments are increasingly confronted with new forms of political violence. The situation is particularly worrying in the Sahara-Sahel where violence is on the rise. This degrading security situation has […]

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