- Academic Publications
Ba, Oumar. 2015. “The Court is the Political Arena: Performance and Political Narratives at the International Criminal Court.” African Journal of International Criminal Justice, 1(2): 174-189.
Ba, Oumar (co-author). 2015. Mobilizing for Elections: The Burkinabe Context. APSA Africa Workshops Newsletter, Vol. 3 (1), November 2015
Ba, Oumar. 2015. Review of Unimaginable Atrocities: Justice, Politics, and Rights at the War Crimes Tribunals by William Schabas (Oxford University Press, 2012) 240 pp. Journal of International Criminal Justice 13 (1)
Ba, Oumar (2014). “Tuareg Nationalism and Cyclical Pattern of Rebellions: How the past and present explain each other.” Sahel Research Group Working Paper No. 007
Ba, Oumar (2014). Review of ‘George Klay Kieh and Kelechi Kalu (Eds) (2012) West Africa and the U.S. War on Terror. Routledge. 224p.’ Political Studies Review, Vol: 12 (2)
Ba, Oumar (2013). (Re)Drawing the African Map: A critique of the Africa’s secessionist deficit argument. Air and Space Power Journal-Africa and Francophonie, 4 (3)
Ba, Oumar (2013). Review of ‘Nina Caspersen (2012) Unrecognized States. Cambridge: Polity Press. 210pp’. Political Studies Review, Vol: 11 (1)
- Working Papers
Ba, Oumar “Dislocated Narratives and Kenyan Life Fragments: Identity, political violence, and nationhood in flux” [Revise and Resubmit]
Ba, Oumar “Regimes of International Justice as Organized Hypocrisy: The Case of Self-Referrals to the International Criminal Court (ICC)” [Under Review]
Ba, Oumar “International Justice and the Postcolonial Condition”
Ba, Oumar “International Criminal Justice and the Limits of State Compliance”
- Other Publications
Ba, Oumar “Gabon’s presidential elections: are the opposition’s attempts at unifying too little too late?” African Arguments, August 22, 2016
Ba, Oumar “Hissène Habré, Chad’s former dictator, just got a life sentence for crimes he committed in the 1980s.” Washington Post, June 1, 2016
Ba, Oumar “Why is the U.S. defending the honor of the International Criminal Court?” Africa Is A Country [Online Magazine], June 1, 2016
Ba, Oumar “The Power of Prayer” (on Kenya and the ICC). Africa Is A Country [Online Magazine], April 14, 2016
Ba, Oumar “Africa is still front and center at The Hague” Africa Is A Country [Online Magazine], February 8, 2016
Ba, Oumar “Who is Laurent Gbagbo and why is he on trial at the ICC?” Washington Post, February 3, 2016.
Ba, Oumar (co-author) “How to Make Sense of The Short-Lived Coup in Burkina Faso” Africa Is A Country [Online Magazine], September 27, 2015
Ba, Oumar “Should South Africa Have Arrested President Bashir?” Africa Is A Country [Online Magazine], June 15, 2015.
Ba, Oumar “Strikes, Protests Signal Political Uncertainty for Gabon’s Bongo” World Politics Review, April 9, 2015
Ba, Oumar “In the Name of Africa: Former President of Chad Hissène Habré will stand trial in Senegal” Africa Is A Country [Online Magazine], March 3, 2015
Ba, Oumar “Former LRA commander Dominic Ongwen on Trial: Perpetrator or Victim?” Africa Is A Country [Online Magazine], January 26, 2015.
Ba, Oumar “The Trials and Tribulations of Simone Gbagbo” Africa Is A Country [Online Magazine], January 12, 2015.
Ba, Oumar “Francophonie: Do we still need an organization of France’s former colonies?” Africa Is A Country [Online Magazine], December 10, 2014.
Ba, Oumar “Kenyatta went to The Hague: how to bet and win against the (international) system” Africa Is A Country [Online Magazine], October 20, 2014.