Nina Wilen
@ninawilen.bsky.social
Dir. Africa Program Egmont Institute, Assoc Prof Lund University, xEIC International Peacekeeping. Research on military, Sahel & Great Lakes, peacekeeping, gender, interventions
🎧 New Podcast !
👉🏼You can now listen to a discussion about my book:
“Securitizing the #Sahel: Analysing External #Interventions and their Consequences”
On the @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social
Thanks to @mirandamelcher.bsky.social for the discussion! 🙏🏼
newbooksnetwork.com/securitizing...
👉🏼You can now listen to a discussion about my book:
“Securitizing the #Sahel: Analysing External #Interventions and their Consequences”
On the @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social
Thanks to @mirandamelcher.bsky.social for the discussion! 🙏🏼
newbooksnetwork.com/securitizing...
November 26, 2025 at 8:43 AM
🎧 New Podcast !
👉🏼You can now listen to a discussion about my book:
“Securitizing the #Sahel: Analysing External #Interventions and their Consequences”
On the @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social
Thanks to @mirandamelcher.bsky.social for the discussion! 🙏🏼
newbooksnetwork.com/securitizing...
👉🏼You can now listen to a discussion about my book:
“Securitizing the #Sahel: Analysing External #Interventions and their Consequences”
On the @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social
Thanks to @mirandamelcher.bsky.social for the discussion! 🙏🏼
newbooksnetwork.com/securitizing...
"We knew in 2011 when #Libya was collapsing that we needed to hurry up…they came with huge amounts of #arms: convoys of arms … It was like a huge supermarket of arms for free … The Secretary-General requested a draft #strategy"
#Sahel @oxunipress.bsky.social @egmontinstitute.bsky.social
#Sahel @oxunipress.bsky.social @egmontinstitute.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 9:24 AM
"We knew in 2011 when #Libya was collapsing that we needed to hurry up…they came with huge amounts of #arms: convoys of arms … It was like a huge supermarket of arms for free … The Secretary-General requested a draft #strategy"
#Sahel @oxunipress.bsky.social @egmontinstitute.bsky.social
#Sahel @oxunipress.bsky.social @egmontinstitute.bsky.social
"The #military never wins the #war. We were incapable to do it with 6,000, but even if we had had 60,000 we could never have won the war, and we repeated it, repeated it, repeated it."
Interview #Barkhane officer
#Sahel #Mali #Niger #Burkina #France
global.oup.com/academic/pro...
Interview #Barkhane officer
#Sahel #Mali #Niger #Burkina #France
global.oup.com/academic/pro...
October 13, 2025 at 9:53 AM
👉 Look at that! 😊
Today the electronic version of my book:
⭐ "Securitizing the #Sahel. Analysing External #Interventions and their Consequences"⭐
is published on-line with @oxunipress.bsky.social!
#security #defense #military #Niger #Mali #Burkina #Chad #France #UN #EU #US
Today the electronic version of my book:
⭐ "Securitizing the #Sahel. Analysing External #Interventions and their Consequences"⭐
is published on-line with @oxunipress.bsky.social!
#security #defense #military #Niger #Mali #Burkina #Chad #France #UN #EU #US
September 22, 2025 at 8:09 AM
✍️ Dans @lalibre.be aujourd’hui, j’alerte: #Europe & #Belgique ne doivent pas oublier #Afrique dans les débats sur la #sécurité & #défense
-Expansion #djihadiste 300%
-Influence #Russie #Chine
-Croissance démographique → impact inévitable sur l’Europe
#foresight
www.lalibre.be/debats/opini...
-Expansion #djihadiste 300%
-Influence #Russie #Chine
-Croissance démographique → impact inévitable sur l’Europe
#foresight
www.lalibre.be/debats/opini...
September 9, 2025 at 12:35 PM
✍️ Dans @lalibre.be aujourd’hui, j’alerte: #Europe & #Belgique ne doivent pas oublier #Afrique dans les débats sur la #sécurité & #défense
-Expansion #djihadiste 300%
-Influence #Russie #Chine
-Croissance démographique → impact inévitable sur l’Europe
#foresight
www.lalibre.be/debats/opini...
-Expansion #djihadiste 300%
-Influence #Russie #Chine
-Croissance démographique → impact inévitable sur l’Europe
#foresight
www.lalibre.be/debats/opini...
"For centuries, the maps used to understand the world have distorted Africa’s size compared to most northerly nations...
".#Africa is about 3 times larger than #Canada & more than 1,5 the size of #Russia"
www.reuters.com/graphics/AFR...
".#Africa is about 3 times larger than #Canada & more than 1,5 the size of #Russia"
www.reuters.com/graphics/AFR...
September 3, 2025 at 1:30 PM
"For centuries, the maps used to understand the world have distorted Africa’s size compared to most northerly nations...
".#Africa is about 3 times larger than #Canada & more than 1,5 the size of #Russia"
www.reuters.com/graphics/AFR...
".#Africa is about 3 times larger than #Canada & more than 1,5 the size of #Russia"
www.reuters.com/graphics/AFR...
Least #Europe forgets... #Africa is currently witnessing the fastest growing jihadist expansion in the world:
"Nearly half of the fatalities (10,685) in the past year have been in the #Sahel."
africacenter.org/spotlight/en...
"Nearly half of the fatalities (10,685) in the past year have been in the #Sahel."
africacenter.org/spotlight/en...
September 1, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Least #Europe forgets... #Africa is currently witnessing the fastest growing jihadist expansion in the world:
"Nearly half of the fatalities (10,685) in the past year have been in the #Sahel."
africacenter.org/spotlight/en...
"Nearly half of the fatalities (10,685) in the past year have been in the #Sahel."
africacenter.org/spotlight/en...
❗ It got a cover!!
📷 And not just any cover - my own photo! 😊
✍ My forthcoming book with @oupacademic.bsky.social:
"Securitizing the #Sahel: Analysing External
#Interventions and their consequences"
...is in the making...
#military #security #Mali #Burkina #Niger #France #EU
📷 And not just any cover - my own photo! 😊
✍ My forthcoming book with @oupacademic.bsky.social:
"Securitizing the #Sahel: Analysing External
#Interventions and their consequences"
...is in the making...
#military #security #Mali #Burkina #Niger #France #EU
June 19, 2025 at 11:59 AM
❗ It got a cover!!
📷 And not just any cover - my own photo! 😊
✍ My forthcoming book with @oupacademic.bsky.social:
"Securitizing the #Sahel: Analysing External
#Interventions and their consequences"
...is in the making...
#military #security #Mali #Burkina #Niger #France #EU
📷 And not just any cover - my own photo! 😊
✍ My forthcoming book with @oupacademic.bsky.social:
"Securitizing the #Sahel: Analysing External
#Interventions and their consequences"
...is in the making...
#military #security #Mali #Burkina #Niger #France #EU
"Organized #crime groups in #Africa have embedded themselves in #gold supply chains to such a degree that they now present “a serious global threat,” a new #UN report warned"
www.semafor.com/article/05/2...
www.semafor.com/article/05/2...
May 28, 2025 at 12:42 PM
"Organized #crime groups in #Africa have embedded themselves in #gold supply chains to such a degree that they now present “a serious global threat,” a new #UN report warned"
www.semafor.com/article/05/2...
www.semafor.com/article/05/2...
"#Türkiye is #Africa 's top supplier, with a total of 32 agreements, 28 of which have occurred since 2021"
Last picture - check out three-border area between #Mali, #Burkina & #Niger
africacenter.org/spotlight/dr...
Last picture - check out three-border area between #Mali, #Burkina & #Niger
africacenter.org/spotlight/dr...
April 23, 2025 at 10:09 AM
"#Türkiye is #Africa 's top supplier, with a total of 32 agreements, 28 of which have occurred since 2021"
Last picture - check out three-border area between #Mali, #Burkina & #Niger
africacenter.org/spotlight/dr...
Last picture - check out three-border area between #Mali, #Burkina & #Niger
africacenter.org/spotlight/dr...
✍ "Silence in the #Sahel does not equal Stability" my latest @egmontinstitute.bsky.social:
🗝️ #Jihadism increasing
🗝️ Transitions are permanent
🗝️ Authoritarian turn a fact
#Europe needs to stay attuned & ready to (re) engage
#connectivity is key...
🌎 www.egmontinstitute.be/silence-in-t...
🗝️ #Jihadism increasing
🗝️ Transitions are permanent
🗝️ Authoritarian turn a fact
#Europe needs to stay attuned & ready to (re) engage
#connectivity is key...
🌎 www.egmontinstitute.be/silence-in-t...
April 17, 2025 at 8:15 AM
✍ "Silence in the #Sahel does not equal Stability" my latest @egmontinstitute.bsky.social:
🗝️ #Jihadism increasing
🗝️ Transitions are permanent
🗝️ Authoritarian turn a fact
#Europe needs to stay attuned & ready to (re) engage
#connectivity is key...
🌎 www.egmontinstitute.be/silence-in-t...
🗝️ #Jihadism increasing
🗝️ Transitions are permanent
🗝️ Authoritarian turn a fact
#Europe needs to stay attuned & ready to (re) engage
#connectivity is key...
🌎 www.egmontinstitute.be/silence-in-t...
As impressive research wise as it is horrifying from a humanitarian perspective: animated maps of attacks across #Sudan during the past two years of #war
www.aljazeera.com/news/longfor...
www.aljazeera.com/news/longfor...
April 15, 2025 at 1:02 PM
As impressive research wise as it is horrifying from a humanitarian perspective: animated maps of attacks across #Sudan during the past two years of #war
www.aljazeera.com/news/longfor...
www.aljazeera.com/news/longfor...
👉🏼Next week n.1 of my 2 @egmontinstitute.bsky.social articles will be published:
🌏 Silence in the #Sahel does not equal stability”
It analyses the current #security and #political landscape
🌎 Brief n.2 examines #AES regional & international partners
The 🗝️ argument: let’s stay atuned to #Sahel
🌏 Silence in the #Sahel does not equal stability”
It analyses the current #security and #political landscape
🌎 Brief n.2 examines #AES regional & international partners
The 🗝️ argument: let’s stay atuned to #Sahel
April 13, 2025 at 7:38 AM
👉🏼Next week n.1 of my 2 @egmontinstitute.bsky.social articles will be published:
🌏 Silence in the #Sahel does not equal stability”
It analyses the current #security and #political landscape
🌎 Brief n.2 examines #AES regional & international partners
The 🗝️ argument: let’s stay atuned to #Sahel
🌏 Silence in the #Sahel does not equal stability”
It analyses the current #security and #political landscape
🌎 Brief n.2 examines #AES regional & international partners
The 🗝️ argument: let’s stay atuned to #Sahel
April 11, 2025 at 9:28 AM
"More than a 1000 assaults have occurred on uniformed personnel in the region between 2020 and 2024, with several hundred incidents likely resulting in the diversion of lethal materiel"
#WestAfrica #Sahel #military #security #attacks #weapon
ipisresearch.be/publication/...
#WestAfrica #Sahel #military #security #attacks #weapon
ipisresearch.be/publication/...
April 9, 2025 at 6:46 AM
"More than a 1000 assaults have occurred on uniformed personnel in the region between 2020 and 2024, with several hundred incidents likely resulting in the diversion of lethal materiel"
#WestAfrica #Sahel #military #security #attacks #weapon
ipisresearch.be/publication/...
#WestAfrica #Sahel #military #security #attacks #weapon
ipisresearch.be/publication/...
Violent extremism in West #Africa is on the rise
✍ I am writing with Kwesi Aning for Konrad Adenuaer Stiftung about current situation.
Recommendations for #EU :
▶️ Invest in states seeking support
▶️ Assess absorption capacity
▶️ Do not overwhelm states
#Sahel
kas.de/documents/d/...
✍ I am writing with Kwesi Aning for Konrad Adenuaer Stiftung about current situation.
Recommendations for #EU :
▶️ Invest in states seeking support
▶️ Assess absorption capacity
▶️ Do not overwhelm states
#Sahel
kas.de/documents/d/...
April 7, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Violent extremism in West #Africa is on the rise
✍ I am writing with Kwesi Aning for Konrad Adenuaer Stiftung about current situation.
Recommendations for #EU :
▶️ Invest in states seeking support
▶️ Assess absorption capacity
▶️ Do not overwhelm states
#Sahel
kas.de/documents/d/...
✍ I am writing with Kwesi Aning for Konrad Adenuaer Stiftung about current situation.
Recommendations for #EU :
▶️ Invest in states seeking support
▶️ Assess absorption capacity
▶️ Do not overwhelm states
#Sahel
kas.de/documents/d/...
J'ai été interviewé pour Le Vif concernant la rupture #Rwanda & #Belgique:
«stratège, Kagame préfère s’attaquer à la Belgique avec laquelle les enjeux sont moindres, plutôt qu’à la #France,..car il a besoin du soutien de Paris pour poursuivre la lucrative mission au #Mozambique»
«stratège, Kagame préfère s’attaquer à la Belgique avec laquelle les enjeux sont moindres, plutôt qu’à la #France,..car il a besoin du soutien de Paris pour poursuivre la lucrative mission au #Mozambique»
March 22, 2025 at 12:19 PM
J'ai été interviewé pour Le Vif concernant la rupture #Rwanda & #Belgique:
«stratège, Kagame préfère s’attaquer à la Belgique avec laquelle les enjeux sont moindres, plutôt qu’à la #France,..car il a besoin du soutien de Paris pour poursuivre la lucrative mission au #Mozambique»
«stratège, Kagame préfère s’attaquer à la Belgique avec laquelle les enjeux sont moindres, plutôt qu’à la #France,..car il a besoin du soutien de Paris pour poursuivre la lucrative mission au #Mozambique»
"The #Sahel region of #Africa is the "epicentre of global #terrorism" and now, for the first time, accounts for "over half of all terrorism-related deaths"
Depressing statistics
#Mali #Niger #Burkina
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Depressing statistics
#Mali #Niger #Burkina
www.bbc.com/news/article...
March 13, 2025 at 10:52 AM
"The #Sahel region of #Africa is the "epicentre of global #terrorism" and now, for the first time, accounts for "over half of all terrorism-related deaths"
Depressing statistics
#Mali #Niger #Burkina
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Depressing statistics
#Mali #Niger #Burkina
www.bbc.com/news/article...
"With a total of 231 commercial ports in #Africa, Chinese firms are present in over a quarter of Africa’s maritime trade hubs. This is a significantly greater presence than anywhere else in the world"
#China #maritime
africacenter.org/spotlight/ch...
#China #maritime
africacenter.org/spotlight/ch...
March 12, 2025 at 3:47 PM
"With a total of 231 commercial ports in #Africa, Chinese firms are present in over a quarter of Africa’s maritime trade hubs. This is a significantly greater presence than anywhere else in the world"
#China #maritime
africacenter.org/spotlight/ch...
#China #maritime
africacenter.org/spotlight/ch...
Comment le #Rwanda parvient-il à échapper aux conséquences de son soutien au #M23 dans l'est de la #RDC depuis des années ?
J’ai exploré les deux visages du #Rwanda avec #Erik Kennes dans cet article du @[email protected]
#DRC #Borders #war
www.monde-diplomatique.fr/2025/03/KENN...
J’ai exploré les deux visages du #Rwanda avec #Erik Kennes dans cet article du @[email protected]
#DRC #Borders #war
www.monde-diplomatique.fr/2025/03/KENN...
February 28, 2025 at 6:06 AM
Comment le #Rwanda parvient-il à échapper aux conséquences de son soutien au #M23 dans l'est de la #RDC depuis des années ?
J’ai exploré les deux visages du #Rwanda avec #Erik Kennes dans cet article du @[email protected]
#DRC #Borders #war
www.monde-diplomatique.fr/2025/03/KENN...
J’ai exploré les deux visages du #Rwanda avec #Erik Kennes dans cet article du @[email protected]
#DRC #Borders #war
www.monde-diplomatique.fr/2025/03/KENN...
"The #Sahel remained the most lethal theater on the continent for the fourth year in a row. There were an estimated 10,400 deaths linked to militant Islamist violence in the Sahel in 2024. This comprises 55 percent of all related fatalities for the continent."
africacenter.org/spotlight/mi...
africacenter.org/spotlight/mi...
February 22, 2025 at 5:09 PM
"The #Sahel remained the most lethal theater on the continent for the fourth year in a row. There were an estimated 10,400 deaths linked to militant Islamist violence in the Sahel in 2024. This comprises 55 percent of all related fatalities for the continent."
africacenter.org/spotlight/mi...
africacenter.org/spotlight/mi...