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Accepted Contribution:
Les élites urbaines fulani et les insurrections jihadistes au Sahel central. Fulani Urban Elites and Jihadis Insurrections in the Central Sahel.
Jean-Herve Jezequel
(International Crisis Group)
Contribution short abstract:
This paper deals with the difficulties of various fulani urban representatives mostly based in capitals to speak for and/or with armed insurgents orginating from Fulani communities. It adresses the difficulties to (re)establish connections between the state and marginalised rural communities.
Contribution long abstract:
This paper deals with the difficulties of various Fulani urban representatives, mostly based in Sahelian urban cities, to speak for and/or with armed insurgents originating from Fulani rural communities. The paper looks at rivalries between different Fulani urban leaders who compete for the control of connections between the central state and marginalised rural communities. It also describes several Fulani entrepreneurs' attempt to create communication channels between insurgency movements and the central state, attempts that eventually failed and ended dramatically. Despite the capacity to serve both the State and local communities, including individuals who have engaged in insurrections, the paper highlights the increasing gap between the urbanised elite and a new generation of insurgent leaders. Case studies would be developed from field work conducted in Mali and Niger, mostly in Bamako and Niamey.