Do the 2020 legislative elections matter in Mali? / April 18, 2020 by Marc-Andre Boisvert

When final results will be published, the question should not be how many Malians casted their vote, but what is the meaning of that vote.

I am a researcher and a consultant on Sahel security and governance. After more than a decade as a journalist based in West Africa, I turned into a researcher, trying to further our understanding of the nexus between security, governance and development. Keywords? DDR, capacity-building, security-sector reform, Malian armed forces, local ownership and governance. And more and more about corruption and kleptocracy. If you quote meet as an “expert” or “specialist”, I insist on the brackets.

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