Borders and Conflicts in North and West Africa

This publication examines the role of border regions in shaping patterns of violence since the end of the 1990s in North and West Africa. Using the innovative OECD Spatial Conflict Dynamics indicator (SCDi), the report looks at the growing relationship between political violence and borderlands at t...

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Main Author: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (author)
Corporate Authors: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, author, issuing body (author), Sahel and West Africa Club, author
Other Authors: Trémolières, Marie, contributor (contributor), Walther, Olivier J., contributor, Radil, Steven M., contributor
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Paris : OECD [2022]
Edition:First edition
Series:West African studies (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development)
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Summary:This publication examines the role of border regions in shaping patterns of violence since the end of the 1990s in North and West Africa. Using the innovative OECD Spatial Conflict Dynamics indicator (SCDi), the report looks at the growing relationship between political violence and borderlands at the regional level, by analysing more than 170 000 violent events between January 1997 and June 2021 and through the exploration of case studies in the Central and Eastern Sahel.
Physical Description:1 online resource (132 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9789264394612
9789264729032
9789264317376