Jean-Hervé Jezequel Project Director, Sahel Dakar, Senegal Please submit all media inquiries to jjezequel@crisisgroup.org or call +32 (0) 2 536 00 71 Crisis Group Role Jean-Hervé Jezequel is the Project Director for the Sahel. He first worked as a Consultant for Crisis Group in Guinea in 2003, before joining as the Senior Analyst for the Sahel region in March 2013. Based in Dakar, his role requires extensive research and advocacy on the prevailing political and security issues in the Sahel region including Niger, Mali, and the Lake Chad Basin in order to work towards promoting stability, security and development. Jean-Hervé has also worked as a Field Coordinator in Liberia, a West Africa Researcher and a Research Director, all for Médecins sans Frontières. He conducted studies on post-conflict situations (DRC, Liberia) as well as on Humanitarian interventions in complex crises (Ethiopia, Niger, Guinea). Professional Background His experience in the academic field involved work as an Assistant Professor at the University of Bordeaux. Prior to that he worked as a Visiting Professor, teaching History and African Studies at the Emory University in Atlanta, University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, and a Visiting Scholar at the University of Chicago. Jean-Herve received his Masters at Science-Po Paris in Political Science, Sociology and History after studying at the Université de la Sorbonne-Panthéon. He completed his Ph.D at École des Hautes Études en Science Sociales focusing on History and African Studies. His work dealt with the African educated elite trained at the Ponty school during the colonial period where many who attended, became the core of the political elite after West African independence, conducting fieldwork in six different African countries including Senegal, Mali and Burkina Faso. In The News 27 Jan 2023 France is paying for its desire to maintain a very significant political and military presence in its former dominions. RFI Jean-Hervé Jezequel Project Director, Sahel 22 Aug 2021 Maybe this is a mistake. But the French are downsizing, they’re not withdrawing [from the Sahel]. They’re still the biggest military force in the region. VOA Jean-Hervé Jezequel Project Director, Sahel 27 May 2021 Everyone seems obsessed with what is going on in Bamako, and that is another indication for the people in [Mali's] countryside that the state is not coming back. The Washington Post Jean-Hervé Jezequel Project Director, Sahel 25 Sep 2020 Mali has a lot of issues related to the Sahel. Al-Jazeera Jean-Hervé Jezequel Project Director, Sahel 19 Aug 2020 Eight years of effort, investment, presence to basically return to the situation of Mali at the time of the 2012 coup, with a confused situation in Bamako, more violent a... France24 Jean-Hervé Jezequel Project Director, Sahel 22 Oct 2019 Les groupes djihadistes sont passés experts dans l’instrumentalisation des conflits pour mieux s'implanter. RFI Jean-Hervé Jezequel Project Director, Sahel Latest Updates Q&A / Africa 01 December 2022 La Minusma à la croisée des chemins Also available in English Podcast / Africa 07 October 2022 Coup in Burkina, Russia in Mali and a New Chapter in the Sahel? Commentary / Jihad in Modern Conflict 27 October 2021 How Islamist Militants Elsewhere View the Taliban’s Victory in Afghanistan Q&A / Africa 19 October 2021 La mort du chef de l’Etat islamique au Grand Sahara : une occasion de dialogue ? Also available in English Q&A / Africa 27 May 2021 Mali, un coup dans le coup Also available in English Commentary / Jihad in Modern Conflict 13 January 2020 Engager le dialogue au Sahel : à Pau un revirement stratégique est nécessaire Load more