Governing routes across the contested Sahara: Checkpoints and the political economy of trans-Saharan trade around Kufrah

Abubaker Lndi

Governing routes across the contested Sahara: Checkpoints and the political economy of trans-Saharan trade around Kufrah

Abubaker Lndi

Research output: Working Paper, Paper, Policy Brief, Brief, Impact › Papers and Working Papers › Research › peer-review

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Original language	English
Publisher	Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS)
ISBN (Electronic)	978-87-7236-235-9
Publication status	Published - 2 Jul 2026
Externally published	Yes

Series	DIIS Working Paper

Funding

Funders
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Keywords

roadblocks
checkpoints
Libya
Sahara
trans-Saharan trade
caravan trade
political economy of conflict
Sudan
Chad

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DIIS-WP-series-14-Governing-routes-SaharaFinal published version, 2.13 MB

1 Active

TRACE: TRACE—Trade, Rents, and Authority in borderland Checkpoint Economies
Schouten, P. (PI)
01/09/2025 → 01/09/2026
Project: Research

4 Papers and Working Papers

Checkpoint fragments and hierarchies: Competing regimes of circulation in wartime Yemen, 2015–2026
Jalal, I., 8 Jul 2026, Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS), (DIIS Working Paper).
Research output: Working Paper, Paper, Policy Brief, Brief, Impact › Papers and Working Papers › Research › peer-review

File
Checkpoints, conflict and scam logistics: Mobile control and the politics of circulation in the China–Myanmar–Thailand borderlands
Peng, X., 22 Jun 2026, Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS), (DIIS Working Paper).
Research output: Working Paper, Paper, Policy Brief, Brief, Impact › Papers and Working Papers › Research › peer-review

Open Access
File
Checkpoints, transport networks, and armed conflicts: towards a relational approach
Walther, O., 10 Jun 2026, Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS), (DIIS Working Paper).
Research output: Working Paper, Paper, Policy Brief, Brief, Impact › Papers and Working Papers › Research › peer-review

Open Access
File

2 Participation in or Organisation of Workshop, Roundtable, Seminar, Course

Wars over checkpoints: Conflict financing and the politics of circulation in fragile settings
Schouten, P. (Co-organizer), Craze, J. (Participant), Markó, F. (Participant), Peng, X. (Participant), Walther, O. (Participant), Lndi, A. (Participant), Jalal, I. (Participant) & Mansfield, D. (Participant)
18 Jun 2026
Activity: Participating in or Organising an Event › Participation in or Organisation of Workshop, Roundtable, Seminar, Course
TRACE: checkpoints and the politics of circulation
Schouten, P. (Co-organizer)
17 Jun 2026
Activity: Participating in or Organising an Event › Participation in or Organisation of Workshop, Roundtable, Seminar, Course

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Governing routes across the contested Sahara: Checkpoints and the political economy of trans-Saharan trade around Kufrah

Funding

Keywords

Access to Document

Projects

TRACE: TRACE—Trade, Rents, and Authority in borderland Checkpoint Economies

Research output

Checkpoint fragments and hierarchies: Competing regimes of circulation in wartime Yemen, 2015–2026

Checkpoints, conflict and scam logistics: Mobile control and the politics of circulation in the China–Myanmar–Thailand borderlands

Checkpoints, transport networks, and armed conflicts: towards a relational approach

Activities

Wars over checkpoints: Conflict financing and the politics of circulation in fragile settings

TRACE: checkpoints and the politics of circulation

Cite this