Burkina Faso

Research and activites

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 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
DIIS Policy Brief

2018

Joining hands in the Sahel

Denmark should facilitate European and North African collaboration
DIIS Book

2017

New book uncovers the pop-up mechanisms behind Islamic State and al-Qaeda

“Expanding Jihad” analyzes the reasons behind new hotspots for al-Qaeda and IS
Book Chapter

2017

Why Burkina Faso is a new jihadi scene

How al-Qaeda and Islamic State expands into Burkina Faso
DIIS Working Paper

2014

The frontier between 'high' and 'low' politics of migration in Burkina Faso

New DIIS working paper on the failure of emigration policies
DIIS Report

2013

Striving for complementarity in European development cooperation

Evidence from Ghana and Burkina Faso
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
DIIS Working Paper

2014

Migration and Social Mobility in Burkina Faso

Historical perspectives on the migration divide

DIIS Book

2017

Expanding Jihad

How al-Qaeda and Islamic State find new battlefields

Mona Kanwal Sheikh

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Book Chapter

2017

The rise of jihadi militancy in Burkina Faso

Manni Crone

Expanding Jihad. Copenhagen: Danish Institute for International Studies

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DIIS Working Paper

2014

On the frontier between 'high' and 'low' politics of migration in Burkina Faso

and the failure of emigration policies

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DIIS Working Paper

2014

Migration and social mobility in Burkina Faso

historical perspectives on the migration divide

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DIIS Report

2013

Striving for complementarity in European development cooperation

evidence from Burkina Faso and Ghana

Christel Rasmussen

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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

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Photo/illustration by Rasmus Fly

DIIS Q&A

2021

Transnational threat or PR stunt?

When jihadist groups declare allegiance

Dino Krause & Anne Blaabjerg Nielsen

Read publication (external link)
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)

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 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 Experts

Photo/illustration by Lynggaardhansenfoto.dk

Lars Engberg-Pedersen

Sustainable development and governance

Head of unit, Senior researcher

+45 3269 8695

lep@diis.dk