Laouali Mahamane is a geographer by profession, director of the Bureau d’Etudes Beta Consult and the focal point of the Alliance for Rebuilding Governance in Africa (ARGA) in Niger. He is working in the implementation of various research projects – PREVEX (Preventing Violent Extremism in the Balkans and the MENA: strengthening resilience in enabling environments), FRAGVENT (Fragile states and violent entrepreneurs: conflict, climate, refugees) and JIGOV-Sahel (analysing jihadist insurgent governance in Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger and Nigeria) – in partnership with ARGA and the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI).
