The Impact of China’s Security Sector Assistance on State Fragility in Mali

In this presentation, Paa Kwesi Wolseley Prah will explore how China’s aid, which aims to equip Mali to address terrorism and insurgency, may cause further damage–through increased dependence on China, militarization, human rights abuses by security forces, and reduced
accountability, fueling corruption.

Georgetown’s Africa-China Initiative (ACI) events are organized and sponsored by ACI, a joint initiative of Georgetown’s African and Asian Studies Programs funded by the Henry Luce Foundation and all events are co-sponsored by Georgetown’s Initiative for US-China Dialogue on Global Issues and Howard University’s Center for African Studies.