23 October 2025

Brussels - Online

The Egmont Institute has the pleasure to invite you to an Africa Seminar on “Prospects for Dialogue in the Central Sahel” with Dr. Yvan Guichaoua from the Bonn International Center of Conflict Studies, Jenny Lorentzen from the Norwegian Institute for International Affairs, and Dr. Sidy Mariko from the University of Kurukanfuga. Lena Kjellberg from Folke Bernadotte Academy will also offer brief remarks. Building on their collective expertise and recent research, the speakers will reflect on the evolving role of dialogue in the Sahel’s complex crisis landscape.

Over the past decade, dialogue processes have been a cornerstone of national and international efforts to address the multifaceted crisis affecting the countries of the Central Sahel. Since 2020, the military has seized power in Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger and radically changed the approach to solving the crisis and the role of dialogue. Is there still room for dialogue as an instrument of peace in the Central Sahel and, if so, in what form?

This critical question is addressed in the new report “Prospects for Dialogue in Central Sahel” by the Folke Bernadotte Academy (FBA), in collaboration with the Norwegian Institute for International Affairs (NUPI). The report reviews three topical arenas of dialogue: regional diplomatic dialogue, dialogue with jihadist insurgents, and women’s participation in conflict resolution and national dialogue processes.

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