Follow Dr. Alex Thurston:

https://twitter.com/sahelblog

https://sahelblog.wordpress.com/

Books by Dr. Alex Thurston:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27888816-salafism-in-nigeria

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34928256-boko-haram

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51158872-jihadists-of-north-africa-and-the-sahel

Further reading

https://academic.oup.com/afraf/article/120/478/123/5897266?login=true

https://www.ispionline.it/it/pubblicazione/hollowness-governance-talk-and-about-sahel-30026

https://berghof-foundation.org/library/salafi-jihadi-armed-groups-and-conflict-de-escalation-the-case-of-ansar-dine-in-mali

https://newleftreview.org/sidecar/posts/the-end-of-deby

https://www.clingendael.org/publication/strategic-missteps-learning-failed-eu-sahel-strategy