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  Protective Knowledges: Contexts, Experiences, and Practices in the Fight Against Violence in Africa 19/08/2025

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  This article offers an innovative reflection on protective knowledges, defined as knowledge, techniques, and practices drawn from socioculturally root...

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  Country : Cameroon , Senegal , Benin , Guinea

  Organizations : Revue Global Africa
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Journal article / Governance, Inclusion, Security and human rights, Resilience,
Protective Knowledges: Contexts, Experiences, and Practices in the Fight Against Violence in Africa 19/08/2025
Summary :
This article offers an innovative reflection on protective knowledges, defined as knowledge, techniques, and practices drawn from socioculturally rooted local experiences aimed at preventing, addressing, and bolstering resilience against gender-based violence (GBV) in Africa. Positioned between traditional knowledge and imported models, this know-how emerges through hybridization or invention, adapting to contextual realities. It is robust, pragmatic, and capable of transforming unequal social relations. The article criticizes classical epistemological approaches that oppose endogenous and exogenous knowledge and advocates for a third, decolonial, inclusive, and critical path. Through their capacity to mobilize diverse actors (local communities, NGOs, traditional leaders…), these knowledges become powerful levers for prevention, healing, and social transformation. Global Africa invites us to recognize, theorize, and valorize these dynamics rooted in community practices.
Keywords :
Governance, Security, Women, Violence, Inclusion
Organizations :
Revue Global Africa
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• Vidéo / Governance, Security and human rights,

  Artificial Intelligence and Digital Sovereignty in West Africa: Opportunities and Risks 29/07/2025

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  Sovereignty, Governance, Security, Numérique, Intelligence artificielle

  Country : Burkina Faso , Mali , Mauritania , Niger , Senegal

  Organizations : WATHI
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• Journal article / Governance, Security and human rights,

  Prediction of Interstate Armed Conflicts in West Africa Using Artificial Intelligence Techniques 03/09/2025

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  This article examines the use of artificial intelligence techniques to predict interstate armed conflicts in West Africa. Using a comprehensive datase...

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  Country : Burkina Faso , Gambia , Mali , Mauritania , Niger , Nigeria , Senegal , Benin , Ivory Coste , Togo , Guinea , Ghana , Liberia , Guinea-Bissau , Sierra Leone , Cape Verde

  Organizations : International Journal of Advanced Research (IJAR)
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Journal article / Governance, Security and human rights,
Prediction of Interstate Armed Conflicts in West Africa Using Artificial Intelligence Techniques 03/09/2025
Summary :
This article examines the use of artificial intelligence techniques to predict interstate armed conflicts in West Africa. Using a comprehensive dataset spanning 1981–2018 and covering 16 countries in the region, the authors tested three machine learning models: random forest, logistic regression, and decision tree. Findings indicate that the random forest model performs best (98% accuracy, 83% recall). The most relevant predictors of conflict are differences in democracy levels and shared borders, while military expenditures prove less influential. The study highlights elevated risks for certain dyads, such as Guinea–Sierra Leone and Ivory Coast–Burkina Faso. By demonstrating the effectiveness of predictive models, this research contributes to the development of early warning systems for conflict prevention. However, it also stresses the limitations due to data imbalance and the need for continuous updates to enhance forecasting accuracy.
Keywords :
State, Security, Peace, Conflict, Political Violence, Education, Threat, Soicial sciences, Researh, Knowlege production, Intelligence artificielle
Organizations :
International Journal of Advanced Research (IJAR)
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• Academic analysis and Think Tank / Security and human rights,

  Self-Defense and Vigilantism in the Sahel: The Koglweogo Between the Need for Security and Uncontrolled Excesses 04/09/2025

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  The article examines the rise of the Koglweogo, self-defense groups originating in rural Sahel regions, in response to the state's security failures. ...

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  Country : Burkina Faso

  Organizations : WATHI
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Academic analysis and Think Tank / Security and human rights,
Self-Defense and Vigilantism in the Sahel: The Koglweogo Between the Need for Security and Uncontrolled Excesses 04/09/2025
Summary :
The article examines the rise of the Koglweogo, self-defense groups originating in rural Sahel regions, in response to the state's security failures. Initially intended as auxiliary forces (VDP) to counter terrorism, these groups have often fueled inter-community violence, perpetuating cycles of retaliation and exclusion. Their recruitment is not ethnically inclusive, and their training inadequate, undermining their legitimacy. The author highlights the tension between the necessity of local security measures and the uncontrolled abuses that follow, risking further erosion of the state’s authority. The involvement of the Koglweogo underscores the shortcomings of poorly regulated security strategies and the complex security dynamics in Burkina Faso.
Keywords :
Governance, Security, Selfdefense
Organizations :
WATHI
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