Before the fall
RUSSIA How Yevgeny Prigozhin’s mercenary army, Wagner, grew to become a major tool in Russian foreign policy – murdering its way across Africa and Ukraine.
Mali
Colonial past, today
AFRICA: An exploration of rare archival material that unveils the significance of Algeria’s fight for independence and its implications for modern-day Africa.
Russia’s Africa Policy
AFRICA: Russia has been very committed to the principle of non-interference and allowed authoritarian regimes to conduct their own politics without setting any political demands for their trade or aid. But they forgave debts to several African countries while signing several military-technical agreements.
Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger and Chad
AFRICA: In Norway, interest in the Sahel region is increasing. With Gaddafi’s fall in 2011, the strength and number of rebel groups in the region increased. After the start of the global war on terror in 2001, more and more countries have become interested in this vast area. But aren’t the Islamists primarily fighting against the West?
Confronting the unkown
TECHNOLOGY: The impact of AI for future civilization in regards to hermetic knowledge.
The colour of the sky
CAMEROON: A group of children carve out their own worlds amid the dangers of armed conflict.
French warriors and Norwegian soldiers in the Sahel
MALI: If anyone in the Norwegian government would have read this book, they would never have sent soldiers to the French military force in Mali.
A woman’s struggle with reality
WOMEN OF EUROPE: Sweden’s former Foreign and Vice Prime Minister Margot Wallström believes we currently live in a world of autocrats, where Nordic welfare values have poor conditions.
Crises are good business
AFRICA: A considerable number of consultants and commissioned researchers have profited from the crises in the African belt. Sahel has emerged as a crucial area for not only Norway but also for the EU and the USA.