Rinaldo Depagne Deputy Program Director, Africa & Project Director, West Africa Dakar, Senegal Please submit all media inquiries to rdepagne@crisisgroup.org or call +32 (0) 2 536 00 71 Crisis Group Role Rinaldo Depagne is West Africa Project Director at International Crisis Group, where he coordinates and oversees the research of a group of analysts in seven countries. He is also the Africa Program's Deputy Director and was previously the organisation’s Senior Analyst for Côte d’Ivoire and Burkina Faso. Before joining Crisis Group in 2008, Rinaldo worked as a journalist, specialising for the past 25 years in Africa and, in particular, West Africa. He has worked for various French newspapers and international radio stations and TV channels, including the BBC, Deutsche Welle and Canal +. He spent fifteen years of his life in West Africa, living in Benin, Nigeria, Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire and Senegal and travelling in most of the Ecowas countries. Areas of Expertise The relations between France and Africa The geopolitics and politics of West Africa Armed groups and violence in Côte d’Ivoire Burkina Faso civilizations History, politics and current affairs of the Greater Sahel region In The News 14 Jul 2020 [Ivorian Vice President] Duncan's resignation was most probably also a result of a failure to reach an agreement with President Alassane Ouattara on a presidential candid... Deutsche Welle Rinaldo Depagne Deputy Program Director, Africa & Project Director, West Africa 10 Jul 2020 [Ouattara] has always been a unanimous choice within his own camp. But [running again] would be extremely dangerous, particularly vis-a-vis the opposition, which would fi... Al Jazeera Rinaldo Depagne Deputy Program Director, Africa & Project Director, West Africa 13 May 2019 [Armed groups in Burkina Faso] have every interest in troubling or going against the good understanding between religions. NYT Rinaldo Depagne Deputy Program Director, Africa & Project Director, West Africa 25 Jun 2018 More people to feed means more agricultural settlement and less available land and water for herders. All of this tend to trigger more and more disputes [between farmers ... Reuters Rinaldo Depagne Deputy Program Director, Africa & Project Director, West Africa 6 Mar 2018 In Burkina Faso, the intelligence system did not rest on an institution but on the shoulders of one man, General Gilbert Diendere. We know that some of the 566 soldiers h... AFP Rinaldo Depagne Deputy Program Director, Africa & Project Director, West Africa 22 Nov 2017 The idea of the leader who stays on for 30 or 40 years is less and less accepted in Africa. [However, the regime change in Zimbabwe] does not necessarily mean more democr... AFP Rinaldo Depagne Deputy Program Director, Africa & Project Director, West Africa Latest Updates Q&A / Africa 14 September 2022 An Initial Assessment of Burkina Faso’s Transitional Leadership Also available in Français Op-Ed / Africa 05 May 2022 Principles or Pragmatism? How to React to West Africa’s Slew of Coups Podcast / Africa 28 January 2022 Another Coup in West Africa: The Burkina Faso Military Seizes Power Q&A / Africa 28 January 2022 The Ouagadougou Coup: A Reaction to Insecurity Also available in Français Commentary / Jihad in Modern Conflict 27 October 2021 How Islamist Militants Elsewhere View the Taliban’s Victory in Afghanistan Q&A / Africa 09 September 2021 Condé’s Removal Clears the Way for Army to Regain Control of Guinea Also available in Français Load more