Senior Researcher at @diis.dk security and development politics, peace and conflict in Africa/Sahel.
Joined December 2012
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26 Jul 2024
Proud to announce Almamy Sylla and my article on #Mali's new influencers is out now. WWA @diisdk research funded by @Carlsbergfondet
25 Jul 2024
In their new article, @signecold & Almamy Sylla study how ‘videomen’ in Mali shape public perceptions of new military leaders and their international partners. 🇲🇱
Read the article for free: doi.org/10.1093/ia/iiae121
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" In any case, #Algeria reportedly helped mediate the departure of #Russia ’s #Africa Corps from #Kidal after the #FLA took the city on April 25...communication between the FLA & the Algerian authorities"
Interesting about #Mali & Algeria by @sahelblog
alexthurston.substack.com/p/…
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Nationalist opinion in #Mali sees the current insurrection as "no longer a rural uprising financed by cattle rustling and artisanal gold [but] an int'l war machine whose funding passes thru respectable bank accounts and complicit diplomatic mediation"
news.abamako.com/h/304882.ht…
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In southern #Mali, JNIM has slaughtered fellow Muslims "like animals" in the words of Deb McNamara, with whom I served in Peace Corps Mali ~27 years ago. Her essay warns against dehumanization and draws chilling parallels to political dynamics in the US.
thefulcrum.us/democracy/mali…
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Jan 23
Russia targeting African migrants in digital recruitment campaigns diis.dk/en/research/russia-t…
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20 Nov 2025
I Mandags gæstede jeg "Syd for Sahara: Malis skæbnestund" af @DanWatchDK med @OscarRothstein #spreaker spreaker.com/episode/syd-for… @diisdk @Carlsbergfondet
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13 Nov 2025
Joined a @F24Debate with KassimKoné, Djenabou Cissé & Pierre-Elie de Rohan Chabot to discuss the jihadist blockades of Bamako and what they mean for #Sahel security.
👉 france24.com/en/tv-shows/the…
#Mali #WWA @diis @Carlsbergfondet
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13 Nov 2025
I underlined that jihadist governance in the #Sahel is less about holding territory and more about controlling what moves in and out of it.
The blockades mark an ambitious expansion — targeting the national economy as a whole.
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13 Nov 2025
Taking control of the south will be difficult: local populations reject jihadist rule and, as Kassim Koné stressed, people are ready to fight for their nation.
For Mali’s military government, resolving this crisis is vital to its own survival — and to regional stability.
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12 Nov 2025
🇲🇱🇩🇿 @signecold explains how drone threats and accusations of backing jihadists have strained ties between #Mali and #Algeria.
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12 Nov 2025
🇲🇱🇧🇫 Kassim Kone predicts backlash, where, like in #BurkinaFaso, young people take up arms against the insurgency.
More in #F24Debate ➡️ go.france24.com/ph2
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13 Nov 2025
I underlined that jihadist governance in the #Sahel is less about holding territory and more about controlling what moves in and out of it.
The blockades mark an ambitious expansion — targeting the national economy as a whole rather than specific zones.
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13 Nov 2025
Taking control of the south will be difficult: local populations reject jihadist rule and, as Kassim Koné stressed, people are ready to fight for their nation.
For Mali’s military government, resolving this crisis is vital to its own survival — and to regional stability.
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10 Nov 2025
Who fights for Russia in Ukraine? Join us 18 Nov at @diisdk for a seminar on non-conventional soldiers – prisoners, migrants & separatists. Panel w/ @karenphilippal, @OZeveleva @MartinUlven01 Moderated by @JakobBohr diis.dk/en/event/migrants-pr… #RussiaUkraineWar
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Signe Cold-Ravnkilde retweeted
25 Jun 2025
A special moment that never gets old, unboxing a new book after years of work on it. Please help me welcome The Second Emancipation: Nkrumah, Pan-Africanism, and Global Blackness at High Tide.
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Signe Cold-Ravnkilde retweeted
15 Aug 2025
Glæder mig til nyt seminar på @diisdk!
@Monakshh og jeg inviterer til briefing og samtale om det nye Syrien efter Assad's exit.
Det er på dansk og du kan ik være med på teams.
Klik og tilmeld dig her:
linkedin.com/events/73620383…
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1 Jul 2025
A wonderful new article by @EvaStambol, Almamy Sylla and @signecold unpacks divergent understandings of anticolonialism in #Mali. Published in the journal @Geopolitics_Jl:
tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
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3 Oct 2024
A heartfelt thank you to all participants of our workshop on New Geopolitical Orders in the Sahel i Tisvilde last week.
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3 Oct 2024
Your inspiring presentations, rich discussions, and new perspectives have truly elevated our understanding of this critical region. We are grateful for the insights shared and look forward to continuing the collaboration in shaping future research on the Sahel
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3 Oct 2024
#Research #Sahel #Geopolitics #Collaboration #NewPerspectives The workshop was generously funded by the @Carlsbergfondet #WWA research @diisdk
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