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Sahel Research Group Seminar

October 15, 2021 @ 10:40 am - 11:30 am

October 15 | 10:40am

A Discussion with Azizou Garba, Associate Director of the Centre Nationale D’Etudes Strategiques et de Securité (CNESS) in Niger.

The Impact of Security Considerations on State Construction in the Sahel.

Attend on Zoom (Meeting ID: 946 3786 1399; Passcode: 613914) or in-person at the UF International Center Large Conference Room.

The Sahel Research Group is pleased to announce that our long-anticipated visitor, Azizou Garba, has arrived!  Azizou is Associate Director of the Centre Nationale D’Etudes Strategiques et de Securité (CNESS) in Niger.  He has extensive experience in Niger and in the Sahel more broadly on issues of security, political development, and much more.   Azizou will be here through the end of October, and he has kindly agreed to help us kick off our new and revived “Sahel Seminar” meetings by leading a series of discussions on topics related to security in the Sahel.  

NOTE: this is the subject of Azizou’s doctoral dissertation for the Catholic University of Louvain in Belgium.

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Date:
October 15, 2021
Time:
10:40 am - 11:30 am
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Venue

UF International Center Large Conference Room