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 As Crisis Group’s Project Director for the Sahel, Jean-Hervé is responsible for conducting extensive research and advocacy on the prevailing political and security issues in the Sahel region including Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso in order to work toward promoting stability and security. Based in Dakar, Jean-Hervé initially joined Crisis Group as Senior Analyst for the Sahel region in March 2013. In 2016, he was appointed Deputy Director for the West Africa Project and in 2018, he led the creation of Crisis Group’s Sahel Project. Professional Background Before joining Crisis Group in 2013, Jean-Hervé worked as an Assistant Professor at the University of Bordeaux. Prior to that, he worked as a Visiting Professor of History and African Studies at the Emory University in Atlanta and the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, and as a Visiting Scholar at the University of Chicago. Jean-Hervé received his MA at Science-Po Paris in Political Science and History. He completed his PhD at École des Hautes Études en Science Sociales focusing on History and African Studies. Jean-Hervé has also worked as a Researcher and Research Director for Médecins sans Frontières, conducting studies on post-conflict situations (the DRC, Liberia) as well as on humanitarian interventions in complex crises (Ethiopia, Niger, Guinea). 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 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