Security & country-risk managers
NGOs, extractives, and logistics operators with staff on the ground — who currently assemble this picture by hand from RFI and social feeds.
A twice-monthly political-risk brief on Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger — synthesized from French-language primary sources most English-language products never read, and graded to intelligence-community standards. Every judgment carries its confidence. Every source carries its grade.
NGOs, extractives, and logistics operators with staff on the ground — who currently assemble this picture by hand from RFI and social feeds.
Analyst-grade regional coverage without a $50k enterprise contract or a $1,300/yr single-seat specialist subscription.
Uranium, gold, and corridor logistics move on decisions announced first in French-language communiqués.
A graded source annex in every issue — see exactly what we read, in which language, and how far we trust it.
JNIM and the FLA — the rebranded separatist coalition Bamako claimed to have broken at Kidal in 2023 — fought as a coordinated force twice this month, besieging Anéfis for six days and ambushing the relief force on its return leg. If a third joint operation follows, the assumption that Mali can fight jihadists and separatists sequentially is dead. (B-2)
Mali's fuel lifeline now moves only in military convoy. Convoy cadence — currently ~7 days — is the single best observable of state logistics capacity and corridor risk; watch it, not official statements. (B-2)
Read the full pilot issue → — four assessed developments, a triggered watch list, and a 15-entry graded source annex. It is the product; judge it directly.
| Cadence | Two full issues per month, plus flash alerts within hours of qualifying events (coup, major attack, sanctions action) |
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| Method | French and Spanish primary sources read in the original; Admiralty grading (A1–F6) on every source; stated falsifiers on major judgments — we tell you what would prove us wrong |
| Format | Web library + PDF. Issues are licensed per reader and watermarked |
| Access | Full archive from issue #1; direct reply channel to the analyst |
| Monthly | $59 / month | Cancel anytime. 14-day full refund on your first payment. |
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| Annual | $590 / year | Two months free. Founding subscribers lock this rate. |
| Team / enterprise | $1,800 / year | Five named seats, internal-circulation license, invoice & net-30. |
Checkout opens shortly; founding subscribers who reserve by email are onboarded first and lock current pricing. Reports are open-source intelligence analysis — not investment, legal, or operational security advice.
ISTRAT is the intelligence practice of a Johns Hopkins SAIS–trained analyst with a defense data-analysis background — working trilingually in English, French, and Spanish, with published open-source work including a live conflict dashboard maintained through the 2026 Iran war. Sahel Signal applies that tradecraft to the region where the gap between French-language ground truth and English-language coverage is widest.