Dr. Matt Herbert
Head of Research for North Africa and the Sahel @ The Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime.
@emmanuelgamard.bsky.social
Senior Communications Officer, Africa Program @crisisgroup.org
@mwhanna.crisisgroup.org
Director, U.S. Program, International Crisis Group; Non-Resident Senior Fellow, Reiss Center on Law and Security, NYU School of Law
@tobyseddon.bsky.social
Professor of Social Science at University College London | Head of UCL Social Research Institute | Chair of Release | Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences | Interested in: drug policy, social science, critical theory, history | www.tobyseddon.com
@matthewrr.bsky.social
National & financial security. Former UK civil servant and financial intelligence professional. Senior Associate Fellow @rusi.bsky.social CFS. Loves ideas, cult fiction, anomalous stuff, and landscapes. Views own.
@chasingaphrodite.bsky.social
Researching the illicit antiquities trade for two decades as an investigative reporter, author, blogger, tweeter, investigator, founder @MuseumofLoot and now...skeeter? https://ChasingAphrodite.com/ https://MuseumofLoot.org/ https://AchillesResearch.org/
@benjaminroger.bsky.social
Journaliste @lemonde.fr - Service Afrique @lemondeafrique.bsky.social
@antoniosamp.bsky.social
Thematic Lead for Cities & Illicit Economies, Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime. Researcher on urban illicit economies and armed conflict.
@aureliepoelhekke.bsky.social
Criminologist | Human rights, armed conflict, organized crime | Previously NL MFA, MSF, HRW
@drgholmes.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer in Politics & International Studies @OpenUniversity and Lecturer in Politics at Imperial College London; Peacekeeping, military, UN, gender, global governance, SSR, Classical/Spanish guitar player
@alexbish.bsky.social
Co-founder @myra_research & researcher on security and migration in Africa. PhD @UCLCrimeScience, former @GI_TOC & @EU_EEAS.
@rachelsylvester.bsky.social
Political editor of The Observer. Email: [email protected]
@soc-ace.bsky.social
SOC ACE research generates evidence that aims to support the development of politically feasible approaches for countering organised crime, illicit finance, kleptocracy & corruption around the world. https://www.socace-research.org.uk/
@lyestagziria.bsky.social
Senior Analyst at the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime (GI-TOC). Researcher of illicit economies and instability in West Africa & the Sahel. Lover of data, graphs and excels.
@handle.invalid
Director - East & Southern Africa, Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime. www.globalinitiative.net Author of 'Killing for Profit’. Formerly at TRAFFIC and Africa Check. Views my own.
@methorley.bsky.social
Book on UK-China shadow international relations: http://tinyurl.com/3ny5c5ee Senior Analyst at GI-TOC: developing concept of geocriminality. PhD on shadow international relations. Previously academia. Views my own. Erstwhile 北漂儿
@nathaliadukhan.bsky.social
Director - Central Africa Observatory on Organized Crime and Violence @GI-TOC, formerly @Thesentry War Crimes | Economic & Financial Crimes | ~Views my own~
@jessgerken.bsky.social
she/her - Programme Manager at the Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime, alumna of Aberystwyth University and IHEID Geneva. All things crime, migration, climate, human rights with the occasional cats, space and scifi. 🇩🇪🇬🇧🇫🇷
@virginiacomolli.bsky.social
Head of Pacific Programme, Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime, GI-TOC #organizedcrime
@allymacb.bsky.social
South East Asia Coordinator at the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime (GI-TOC). Researching illicit economies and building resilience across ASEAN. 🌏 📍Bangkok, Thailand | https://globalinitiative.net
@alicefereday.bsky.social
Senior Analyst, North Africa and Sahel Observatory @Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime Researching illicit economies in the Sahel, with a focus on Niger and Chad
@pmfrowd.bsky.social
Researching security politics | Borders, migration, data, intl. interventions, Sahel & West Africa | prof @ University of Ottawa
@crisisgroup.org
We're an independent, non-profit, non-governmental organisation, committed to preventing and resolving deadly conflict.
@azelin.bsky.social
Senior Fellow @ Washington Institute for Near East Policy | Visiting Research Scholar in Dept of Politics @ Brandeis | Founder of Jihadology | Author of “The Age of Political Jihadism: A Study of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham” jihadology.net jihadologyplus.com
@casusbelli.bsky.social
Slightly French Analyst | #OSINT #IMINT and monitoring | Mostly Africa and ex-USSR | RT ≠ endorsement
@saladinaldronni.bsky.social
Researcher. Terrorism, conflicts, jihadi crime networks, IS/AQ, Central and South-East Asia. Now, also following Islamic State's plans in Africa. Politics in the Sahel. Writing for hire. DM. @saladinaldronni on X/Twitter https://ko-fi.com/saladinaldronni
@drlandislife.bsky.social
African feminist, researcher & author researching land grabs, food, labour, politics & feminism in West Africa & Global South| https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8681-8476
@yguichaoua.bsky.social
Political Violence • Sahel Politics • Editorial Board of afriquexxi.info • Chronique Sahel dans Libé • Public appearances and interventions in media: https://bit.ly/2J4mT5I • FR & ENG
@wlacher.bsky.social
Political scientist with a longstanding interest in violent conflict, Libya and the Sahel. Author, Libya's Fragmentation (2020); co-editor, Violence and Social Transformation in Libya (2023). https://www.swp-berlin.org/en/researcher/wolfram-lacher
@natkpowell.bsky.social
Historian--France, Africa, etc. Honorary Researcher Lancaster University CWD, West Africa Analyst, Oxford Analytica. Author of "France's Wars in Chad" https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/frances-wars-in-chad/6B7D8F9C8A81E0A83028C24EA0CF8D28
@simnasr.bsky.social
Journaliste spécialiste des mouvements jihadistes FRANCE24 Senior Research Fellow Soufan Center Auteur de « État islamique, le fait accompli » (Plon) الناسُ صِنْفانِ: مَوتَى في حَياتِـهِمُ/ وآخَرونَ بِبَطْن الأرضِ أحْـيـاءُ
@africacenter.bsky.social
Advancing African security by expanding understanding, providing a trusted platform for dialogue, building partnerships, and catalyzing solutions
@mkevane.com
Economics professor, Santa Clara University. Interested in political economy of Burkina Faso, Sudan, and Puerto Rico, and housing issues in San José, CA. I like engaging in university governance, too. Also, libraries and reading: www.favl.org
@aeowinpact.bsky.social
Cyber and analytical investigations Investigations with Impact. All Eyes On Wagner: Project on #Wagner mercenaries & GRU upcoming ops in Africa |Tips: [email protected] | Media: [email protected]
@johnalechner.bsky.social
Writer, journalist, amateur linguist. DEATH IS OUR BUSINESS out with Bloomsbury March 2025. BEGINNER’S CHECHEN out with Hippocrene https://www.johnlechnerauthor.com/
@sebbachelet.bsky.social
Anthropologist & migrant https://sebastienbachelet.com/crimes-of-solidarity
@timglawion.bsky.social
Senior researcher, Arnold-Bergstraesser-Institute, Freiburg Subjective security, conflict, development / Centrafrique, Lebanon, Somaliland, Haiti Book: Security Arena in Africa https://www.arnold-bergstraesser.de/en/staff/glawion-dr-tim
@beverlyochieng.bsky.social
Books | Sahel coup watcher | Wagner Group stalker | Senior Analyst, Francophone Africa, Control Risks | Senior Associate, CSIS Africa | occasional typos, usual disclaimers Dakar/Nairobi/Bookshelf
@nomade-sahelien.bsky.social
Géographe un peu fou mais sympa, révolté mais optimiste | Veille sécuritaire Afrique de l'Ouest | @WAAT_Band & @MATA_osint Chaîne WhatsApp : https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029Va8tOQO1Xqub9cODDw2Q Twitter/X : https://x.com/Nomade_Sahelien
@ninawilen.bsky.social
Dir. Africa Program Egmont Institute, Assoc Prof Lund University, xEIC International Peacekeeping. Research on military, Sahel & Great Lakes, peacekeeping, gender, interventions
@camillelefebvre.bsky.social
Historienne Directrice de recherche/research professor CNRS-EHESS Spécialiste du Sahara et du Sahel 19e-20e s.
@debos.bsky.social
Prof. of Political Science. University of Paris Nanterre @uparisnanterre.bsky.social - ISP Writing on war, tech, gender, postcolonialism Completing a book on biometrics in Africa She/her https://www.marielledebos.com/en/about/