Jean-Hervé Jezequel Director, Sahel Project 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 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 Director, Sahel Project 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 Director, Sahel Project 25 Sep 2020 Mali has a lot of issues related to the Sahel. Al-Jazeera Jean-Hervé Jezequel Director, Sahel Project 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 armed insurrections and increased inter-communal violence. France24 Jean-Hervé Jezequel Director, Sahel Project 22 Oct 2019 Les groupes djihadistes sont passés experts dans l’instrumentalisation des conflits pour mieux s'implanter. RFI Jean-Hervé Jezequel Director, Sahel Project 6 Mar 2017 Are we building any kind of sustainable peace [in Mali] through this kind of process that gives the most resources to the guys with guns? Reuters Jean-Hervé Jezequel Director, Sahel Project Latest Updates Q&A / Africa 27 May 2021 Mali, un coup dans le coup Des militaires ont arrêté les chefs de l’Etat et du gouvernement de transition maliens installés suite au coup d'Etat militaire d’août 2020. Dans ce Q&A, l’expert de Crisis Group Jean-Hervé Jezequel détaille les retombées possibles de ce second putsch dans un pays déjà fragilisé par le conflit avec les jihadistes. Also available in English Commentary / Jihad in Modern Conflict 13 January 2020 Engager le dialogue au Sahel : à Pau un revirement stratégique est nécessaire La France et ses partenaires du G5 Sahel se réunissent à Pau lundi 13 janvier pour réaffirmer leur engagement à lutter ensemble contre le terrorisme jihadiste. Pourtant, la réponse militaire n'est pas suffisante. Face à l’ampleur de la menace, il est donc nécessaire de trouver une solution politique. Q&A / Africa 25 March 2019 Centre du Mali : enrayer le nettoyage ethnique Une attaque visant des populations peul dans la région de Mopti a fait au moins 134 morts le 23 mars, dernier épisode d'une série de violences intercommunautaires. Dans ce questions-réponses, notre directeur du projet Sahel Jean-Hervé Jézéquel appelle les autorités maliennes à enrayer l'engrenage du nettoyage ethnique. Also available in English Op-Ed / Africa 22 June 2018 A la frontière Niger-Mali, le nécessaire dialogue avec les hommes en armes La stratégie qui privilégie une option militaire disproportionnée à la frontière entre le Niger et le Mali fait peser un risque sur la région : celui de créer un nouveau foyer d’insurrection. C'est le constat que dresse l’International Crisis Group, qui fait une série de recommandations. Originally published in Jeune Afrique Commentary / Africa 5 October 2017 Niger Clash Kills U.S. and Nigerien Troops A deadly ambush near the Niger-Mali border on 4 October claimed the lives of at least five Nigerien soldiers and marked the unprecedented killing of American forces in the region. In this Q&A, Deputy West Africa Project Director Jean-Hervé Jezequel and Research Assistant Hamza Cherbib say that jihadist violence cannot be divorced from deeper inter-communal tensions related to local competition over resources and illicit economic activity. Also available in Français Load more