At the US-Mexico border, President Donald Trump’s migration “emergency” has led to children being locked up and a threatened trade war. In Libya, now the frontline of Europe’s own migration “crisis”, people are being detained in horrific conditions as the … Continue reading →

This blogpost has also been published on the LSE Security in Transition website. May was the cruellest month that war-weary Mali has seen in quite some time. The trouble started with a fraught visit by the country’s new prime minister … Continue reading →

The heat is on in Bamako. The rain hammered down on our roof a few days ago, staining the streets red with mud and relieving the suffocating Saharan temperatures. Now we’re baking again in the Malian oven, and in the … Continue reading →

Here I’ll be posting some thoughts from my upcoming fieldwork in Mali and beyond – my existing blog is at anthromobile.blogspot.co.uk.