Claude Biao

About

Claude Biao, from the School of Security Studies (Defence Studies Department and Department of War Studies), King’s College London, is a Benin-based conflict researcher and analyst. He is a senior conflict analyst for Stake experts, a Cotonou-based conflict research and conflict analysis firm, and a local operational partner for international development organisations operating in Coastal West African countries. He is also the author of Etats et Terrorismes en Afrique: Un ultime défi de maturité (French edition), published by Stake Books in August 2020.

Employment

• Stake experts Director, Head of Conflict Research
  2016 - Present
• Assemblée parlementaire de la Francophonie Associate project manager in charge of Cooperation and partnerships
  2016 - 2016
• INDIAFRICA: A Shared Future Associate, Marketing and advocacy (West Africa)
  2014 - 2014
• Observatoire International de l'OHADA Field investigator (West Africa)
  2013 - 2015
• ACLED (Armed Conflict Location and Event Data) Northern and West Africa Research Manager
• Littorals Regional Initiatives Senior Program Development Officer

Education

• King's College London Master of Arts, Global Security
  ? - 2024

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (21)

• Post April 2026 Narratives in Mali: A multilingual dataset of Facebook, X and Telegram narratives on the Malian conflict
  Harvard Dataverse 2026 DOI: 10.7910/DVN/VFYDDC
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• Terrorism newsworthiness in West Africa: A data set on international, regional and local media coverage
  2026 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.6571538
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• Framing the jihadi insurgency: state and NGO labelling strategies and their influence on conflict dynamics in Burkina Faso and Niger
  Critical Studies on Terrorism 2025 DOI: 10.1080/17539153.2025.2539552
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• On the (conflictual) intersections of subjectivities
  2025 DOI: 10.63542/yqkf8198
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• Conflict narratives: A Thematic Analysis of Government and NGO Discourse on the Jihadi Insurgency in Burkina Faso and Niger (2020-2023)
  2024 DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.26531374
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• Is Online Information Power? A Comparative Study of Sahel States’ Political Narratives’ Dissemination Efforts and Islamic State Affiliates’ Narratives.
  SSRN Electronic Journal 2023 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.4608566
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• Twilight Institutions
  Clingendael Institute 2023
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• Etats et Terrorismes en Afrique
  2020
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• États et terrorismes en Afrique: Un ultime défi de maturité
  2020 DOI: 10.63542/qfdu5486
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• The African Geopolitical ATLAS 2020
  Stake Books 2020
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• The cross-border and regional dimension of the security of people and property
  2020 DOI: 10.63542/akre4276
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• The National dialogue in Cameroon is a new test of good faith for Yaoundé
  Stake experts 2019
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• Offensive de l’État islamique dans le Sahel, renouveau de la stratégie “Baqiya wal Tatamadad” ?
  WATHI Think Tank 2019
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• Assessment of the political-security situation in Mozambique
  Stake experts 2019
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• Les points chauds du continent en 2019
  Stake experts 2019
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• Les points chauds du continent en 2019
  Stake experts 2019
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• Crise politique à Madagascar: Le peuple n’a pas la mémoire courte
  HuffPost Maghreb 2018
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• Burkina Faso: Les dangers d'une stabilisation à marche forcée (Rapport)
  Observatoire International de l'OHADA 2015
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• La protection diplomatique des ressortissant des Etats de l'UEMOA à la lumière de la crise lybienne de 2011
  2014
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• Après la « fin de l’histoire », que reste-t-il de la puissance dans les relations internationales
  Academia.edu 2014
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