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Thinking and Anticipating the Socio-Economic Impacts of the Humanitarian Response in the Central African Republic

Date de publication
02 July 2015
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Nowadays, the Central African Republic (CAR) is a country dependent on international aid.

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DRC’S Regional Positioning, in Between the African Great Lakes and Southern Africa

Date de publication
28 May 2015
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How transparent are the Democratic Republic of Congo’s regional strategies?

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Fake medicines trafficking in West Africa: Supply chains and distribution networks (Nigeria, Benin, Togo, Ghana)

Date de publication
19 December 2014
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On December 13, 2013, in response to an Interpol initiative, the first ever African Conference on pharmaceutical crime was held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Its final communiqué declared the intention of 20 countries to reinforce the struggle against the production of counterfeit drugs.

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The European Union's Development Aid : from Development to Security, the Example of the European Development Fund

Date de publication
01 November 2014
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In the course of its institutional development and the expansion of its activities, the European Union (EU) has tended to pile up rather than to rationalize its policies, creating a financial tool per objective. As a result, the European funds have become a labyrinth, for which management costs are high.

The Mining Boom in the Sahel Region: Will the Development Last?

Date de publication
24 February 2014
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The Sahel, often discussed on account of its problems and crises – in particular recently, in view of the crisis in Mali – is in actual fact experiencing a new positive economic era, like the rest of the African continent. For the five countries of the Sahel region we shall be examining – Mauritania, Senegal, Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger – this favourable evolution, although it varies from country to country, is based on booming extractive industries.

Consumption in an Uncertain Environment: The Paradox of the African Middle Classes

Date de publication
26 March 2012
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Three hundred million people belonging to the middle classes of Africa; three hundred million of potential consumers: an image of this kind is enough to make many an entrepreneur start dreaming. In fact, whereas for many years Afro-pessimism has dominated public opinion in the West, what seems to be the new trend in fashion, in both the media and economic circles, is now an exaggerated Afro-optimism.

The Architect and Fragile States: Development Assistance's Contribution to Global Security

Date de publication
22 December 2011
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Up to Europe’s threshold in the middle of Sahara and Sahel region, a growing insecurity led beyond mere reconsideration of field practice to a whole change of paradigm for multilateral and bilateral aid institutions.

Arabs and Tuaregs in Colonial and Malian Armed Forces: A Story in Trompe-l'Oeil

Date de publication
24 June 2010
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This contribution consists in analyzing the unifying or opposing relations between the central State-power and the southern part of central-Saharan populations, mainly Arabs and Tuaregs, within the relational framework of colonial and Malian armed forces. The French Colonial State and the Malian independent State (from the 1960 independence movement) are both considered by Arabs and Tuaregs as external entities, whatever the form of their relation, good or bad.

Maghreb Countries' Economic Projection on Sub-Saharan Africa

Date de publication
24 June 2010
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While largely interrupted by the colonial period premise, trade relations between the Maghreb and sub-Saharan Africa have enjoyed a new boom with the independence era. However, until the end of the 1990s, the African policy of the three Maghreb countries significantly impacted their economic projection.

Morocco and its "New Border". A Critical Lecture of Morocco's Economic African Strategy

Date de publication
24 June 2010
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Since Mohammed VI came into power, Morocco’s African policy has undergone notable change in comparison to his predecessor’s period.

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