Worked as a consultant-researcher with CPI since 2012, on the themes of conflict in the Sahel, social cohesion and conflict transformation
Abdoulaye Bâ is currently Regional Adviser for Humanitarian Affairs at the ICRC, based in Niamey. Abdoulaye has worked as a consultant-researcher with CPI since 2012, on the themes of conflict in the Sahel, social cohesion and conflict transformation. Between 2017 and 2020 he assumed the role of representative of CPI in the Sahel region and in the countries of the Lake Chad basin, and is based in Nouakchott. Between August 2015 and April 2017, Abdoulaye was part of the African Union Observer Mission for Human Rights in Burundi, with the role of Deputy Coordinator. He has written a number of published articles on the situation in the Sahel and is co-author of the collective work entitled “Inter-Ethnic Relations in Mali”, published in 2014 in Doha, Qatar.
Between 2007 and 2008, he served as Communications Advisor to the Presidency of the Republic of Mauritania and Spokesman for the President. From 1995 to 2007 and from 2009 to 2014, he worked as Communication Assistant in charge of Public Relations at the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in Mauritania, and concurrently taught Civil Liberties and Fundamental Rights at the Faculty of Law at the University of Nouakchott, while conducting research on conflicts in Africa, especially in the Sahel. From 1987 to 1995 he worked as a journalist in Mauritania for several agencies and editorial offices. Abdoulaye Bâ holds a Masters degree in Human Rights and Peace from the University of Dakar.
