SAUFEX research features in a new French-language report produced with the Timbuktu Institute, a leading Dakar-based think tank, on the challenges of disinformation and foreign interference shared between the Sahel and Europe. Coordinated by Dr Bakary Sambe (Timbuktu Institute) and Agnieszka Cianciara, the study builds directly on SAUFEX research — SAUFEX is referenced in the text, and its publications are cited at length.
The report was presented in Dakar on Friday 23 October 2026 at an event organised by the two research centres. The collaboration was generously facilitated and supported by the Polish Embassy in Dakar.
Read the report (in French): Désinformation, démocratie et enjeux de stabilité et de sécurité : quels défis partagés entre le Sahel et l’Europe ?
In the Senegalese press
The launch was covered by the Senegalese press.
Le Soleil — “Timbuktu Institute et un centre de recherche polonais publient une étude” (24–25 October 2026)
Sud Quotidien — “Quand l’IA rend la manipulation informationnelle moins chère, du Sahel à l’Europe” (26 October 2026)
