Niger

Forskning og aktiviteter

Photo/illustration by Joerg Boethling / Alamy Stock Photo

Livestreaming

West Africa now

DIIS Auditorium

This seminar sheds light on the myriad challenges shaping West Africa and discusses the recent political upheavals, the growing influence of Russia, and the complex web of migration patterns intersecting the region and beyond
Photo/illustration by Baalayela Forsca

DIIS Comment

2023

What Loss and Damage has to offer

Considering climate displacement and social cohesion
Photo/illustration by Greenshoots Communications / Alamy Stock Photo

DIIS Comment

2023

Loss and damage and social cohesion

Current knowledge and next steps for programming and practice
Nyt forskningsprojekt

9. december 2021

Hvad sker der, når EU forsyner afrikanske hære med våben og ekspertise i kampen mod globale sikkerhedstrusler?

I et nyt forskningsprojekt skal forskere fra DIIS undersøge, hvad der sker, når EU laver civile indsatser og træner og opruster hæren i en række meget ustabile lande i den afrikanske Sahel-region
Artikel

2021

Betinget succes for indgreb mod migranter i Niger: Nu har menneskesmuglerne slået sig på narko

Indsatsen for at bremse migration længere nede i Afrika har haft stor effekt i blandt andet Niger. Men når en indtægtskilde forsvinder, erstattes den med en anden, og følgerne kan være svære at forudse – både lokalt og i Europa.
Photo/illustration by Christian Vium

Webinar

Does more information save migrants’ lives?

Webinar launch of new report about West African migrants’ use of information en route to Europe
Photo/illustration by Pexels. Jens Mahnke. copyright license

DIIS policy brief

2019

EU pressure on Niger to stop migrants is reshaping cross-border economies

From migrants to drugs, gold, and rare animals
Photo/illustration by Pexels. Jens Mahnke. copyright license

19. november 2019

Denmark’s military engagements in the Sahel

DIIS and CMS facilitate policy seminar on international interventions in the region
DIIS Policy Brief

2018

A fragile military response

International support of the G5 Sahel Joint Force
Photo/illustration by Pexels. Jens Mahnke. copyright license

2. august 2018

DIIS researcher receives prestigious European grant

A new research project will address the expanding dynamics behind Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State in order to develop a new approach to containment
DIIS Policy Brief

2018

Joining hands in the Sahel

Denmark should facilitate European and North African collaboration
DIIS Policy Brief

2017

Europe Must Play a Part in Filling the Power Vacuum in the Sahel

The Failure of Regional Powers in the Sahel
DIIS Impact

2017

Africa Needs more Roads To Progress, Not Less

EU migration control in Niger could be counterproductive
DIIS Policy Brief

2017

European anti-migration agenda could challenge stability in Niger

Without a stable Libya to strike migration deals with, EU is looking further south, to Niger, as a way of cutting off the trans-Saharan migration routes. However, the question is whether the EU is exchanging short-term gains for long-term stability?
Video

20. april 2017

Militantism and the changing regional security in the Maghreb-Sahel region

Video presentation at the Carnegie Endowment
Photo/illustration by Pexels. Jens Mahnke. copyright license

20. januar 2017

New Security Dynamics in the Sahel-Maghreb region

DIIS hosts one-year international research platform funded by the Danish MFA
DIIS Policy Brief

2016

African peacekeepers pull the weight in Mali

Policy brief discusses inequality in UN peacekeeping
DIIS Working Paper

2016

France’s and the EU’s strategies to stabilize Niger

A risky balancing act between security and legitimacy
DIIS Policy Brief

2016

Only a multifaceted approach will defeat Boko Haram

The Jihadist violence in Nigeria continues
DIIS Policy Brief

2016

Fighting corruption is key to improve border control in Niger
Billede/illustration af Pexels. Jens Mahnke. copyright-licens

Interview

1. januar 2016

Boko Haram og fremtiden for Nigeria og Sahel-regionen

DIIS-forskere i P1 Debat Special
Film

22. maj 2015

Becky’s Journey – a rare insight into hopes and fears of migrants

Documentary on undocumented migration and trafficking from the perspective of a 26-year-old Nigerian
DIIS Report

2015

Security in fragile states requires processes of reconciliation and reconstruction

New DIIS Report on the security dynamics in DR Congo, Somaliland, Mali and Niger
Billede/illustration af Pexels. Jens Mahnke. copyright-licens

Radio

17. december 2014

Når man ikke kan stole på staten

Flere afrikanske staters monopol på magtudøvelse er udfordret af seperatister, private sikkerhedsfirmaer og klaner
DIIS Report

2009

Achieving sustainability in the Sahel after the era of desertification

New DIIS Report challenges conventional wisdom on natural resource management in the Sahel

Digital publikation

2022

Interview: EU Border Externalisation and the Migrant Transport Trade in Niger

Ida Marie Savio Vammen, Signe Marie Cold-Ravnkilde & Alice Troy-Donovan

Read publication (external link)
DIIS Working Paper

2016

Stabilizing Niger

the challenges of bridging local, national and global security interests

Eric Hahonou

Download (pdf, 248.6 KB)
Bogkapitel

2015

The Station Hustle

Ghanaian Migration Brokerage in a Disjointed World

Hans Lucht

What is Existential Anthropology?. New York: Berghahn Books

Read publication (external link)
DIIS Report

2015

Protection and (in)security beyond the state

Insights from Eastern Africa and Sahel

Kasper Hoffmann, Louise Wiuff Moe, Lotte Pelckmans & Eric Hahonou

Download (pdf, 699.8 KB)
DIIS Report

2009

Achieving sustainable natural resource management in the Sahel after the era of desertification

markets, property rights, decentralisation and climate change

Signe Marie Cold-Ravnkilde, Kjeld Rasmussen, Tine Breinholt & Michael Mortimore

Download (pdf, 862.8 KB)

Photo/illustration by Baalayela Forsca

DIIS Comment

2023

What Loss and Damage has to offer

Considering climate displacement and social cohesion

Lily Salloum Lindegaard & Francis Jarawura

Read publication (external link)
Photo/illustration by Greenshoots Communications / Alamy Stock Photo

DIIS Comment

2023

Loss and damage and social cohesion

Current knowledge and next steps for programming and practice

Lily Salloum Lindegaard

Read publication (external link)
Photo/illustration by Pexels. Jens Mahnke. copyright license

DIIS policy brief

2019

EU pressure on Niger to stop migrants is reshaping cross-border economies

From migrants to drugs, gold, and rare animals

Hans Lucht & Luca Raineri

Download (pdf, 3.5 MB)
DIIS Policy Brief

2018

A fragile military response

International support of the G5 Sahel Joint Force

Signe Marie Cold-Ravnkilde

Download (pdf, 1.8 MB)
DIIS Policy Brief

2018

Joining hands in the Sahel

Denmark should facilitate European and North African collaboration

Rasmus Alenius Boserup & Luis Martinez

Download (pdf, 782.8 KB)
DIIS Policy Brief

2017

Europe Must Play a Part in Filling the Power Vacuum in the Sahel

The Failure of Regional Powers in the Sahel

Rasmus Alenius Boserup & Luiz Martinez

Download (pdf, 1.4 MB)
DIIS Impact

2017

Africa Needs more Roads To Progress, Not Less

EU migration control in Niger could be counterproductive

Hans Lucht

Download (pdf, 1.4 MB)
DIIS Policy Brief

2017

European anti-migration agenda could challenge stability in Niger

The EU's Desert Front against migration

Hans Lucht

Download (pdf, 1.3 MB)
DIIS Policy Brief

2016

African soldiers are in the firing line in Mali

Inequality in MINUSMA #1

Peter Albrecht, Signe Marie Cold-Ravnkilde & Rikke Haugegaard

Download (pdf, 1.5 MB)
DIIS Policy Brief

2016

Defeating Boko Haram requires a multifaceted approach

Jihadist violence in Nigeria continues

Sine Plambech & Signe Marie Cold-Ravnkilde

Download (pdf, 2.2 MB)
DIIS Policy Brief

2016

Corruption, insecurity and border control in Niger

security in the Sahel

Eric Hahonou

Download (pdf, 1.5 MB)

Photo/illustration by Joerg Boethling / Alamy Stock Photo

Livestreaming

West Africa now

DIIS Auditorium

This seminar sheds light on the myriad challenges shaping West Africa and discusses the recent political upheavals, the growing influence of Russia, and the complex web of migration patterns intersecting the region and beyond
Nyt forskningsprojekt

9. december 2021

Hvad sker der, når EU forsyner afrikanske hære med våben og ekspertise i kampen mod globale sikkerhedstrusler?

I et nyt forskningsprojekt skal forskere fra DIIS undersøge, hvad der sker, når EU laver civile indsatser og træner og opruster hæren i en række meget ustabile lande i den afrikanske Sahel-region
Photo/illustration by Christian Vium

Webinar

Does more information save migrants’ lives?

Webinar launch of new report about West African migrants’ use of information en route to Europe
Photo/illustration by Pexels. Jens Mahnke. copyright license

19. november 2019

Denmark’s military engagements in the Sahel

DIIS and CMS facilitate policy seminar on international interventions in the region
Photo/illustration by Pexels. Jens Mahnke. copyright license

2. august 2018

DIIS researcher receives prestigious European grant

A new research project will address the expanding dynamics behind Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State in order to develop a new approach to containment
Video

20. april 2017

Militantism and the changing regional security in the Maghreb-Sahel region

Video presentation at the Carnegie Endowment
Photo/illustration by Pexels. Jens Mahnke. copyright license

20. januar 2017

New Security Dynamics in the Sahel-Maghreb region

DIIS hosts one-year international research platform funded by the Danish MFA
Billede/illustration af Pexels. Jens Mahnke. copyright-licens

Interview

1. januar 2016

Boko Haram og fremtiden for Nigeria og Sahel-regionen

DIIS-forskere i P1 Debat Special
Film

22. maj 2015

Becky’s Journey – a rare insight into hopes and fears of migrants

Documentary on undocumented migration and trafficking from the perspective of a 26-year-old Nigerian
Billede/illustration af Pexels. Jens Mahnke. copyright-licens

Radio

17. december 2014

Når man ikke kan stole på staten

Flere afrikanske staters monopol på magtudøvelse er udfordret af seperatister, private sikkerhedsfirmaer og klaner

Artikel

2021

Betinget succes for indgreb mod migranter i Niger: Nu har menneskesmuglerne slået sig på narko

Indsatsen for at bremse migration længere nede i Afrika har haft stor effekt i blandt andet Niger. Men når en indtægtskilde forsvinder, erstattes den med en anden, og følgerne kan være svære at forudse – både lokalt og i Europa.

DIIS Eksperter

Billede/illustration af Lynggaardhansenfoto.dk

Signe Marie Cold-Ravnkilde

Migration og global orden

Seniorforsker

smr@diis.dk