Niagalé Bagayoko is a political scientist. She has done extensive field research on security systems in African Francophone countries, Western security policies (France, United States, European Union) in Africa and African conflict-management mechanisms, focusing on the interface between security and development. She has taught at the Institut d’Etudes Politiques (Science Po) in Paris. From 2010 to 2015, she managed the “peacekeeping and peacebuilding programme” at the International Organisation of La Francophonie (OIF) and was a member of the Scientific Committee of the French IRSEM (Institut de recherches stratégiques de l'Ecole militaire). She is now the Chair of the African Security Sector Network (ASSN) .
L'Allemagne s'intéresse de plus en plus à l'Afrique, de l'Ouest notamment. Annonce, en octobre, de la construction d'une base militaire au Niger, visite de la ministre de la Défense Ursula von der Leyen au Mali et au Niger, en début de semaine, le géant européen multiplie les initiatives dans la partie occidentale du continent....
