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<span class="vcard">Jordanna Yochai</span>

Jordanna Yochai

Jordanna Yochai is a Research Fellow with the International Crisis Group’s Sahel Project. Jordanna began her career in the U.S. Department of Defense, supporting U.S. policy development in the Sahel. She continues to write on regional security.

Articles by this author:

Two riders on a motorcycle ride from the right of the image to the left, in front of a monument depicting the silhouettes of soldiers in berets, rifles resting against their shoulders, marching from right to left, with one soldier in front holding a flag, also in silhouette, all against a backdrop of a wall painted in wide vertical swaths of green, yellow and red. At the left of the image, in front of the soldier holding the flag, a street vendor displays a large board of indeterminate goods.

Could the United States Make a Difference in Mali?

Jun. 17, 2026 Franklin Nossiter and Jordanna Yochai