Beverly Ochieng serves as a Senior Analyst, Francophone Africa at Control Risks. In this role, she provides analysis and commentary on socio-political, economic, and security developments across the Sahel and the wider Francophone Africa. Her work includes extensively discussing and writing about the new wave of military coups and influence campaigns that underpin the region's emerging geopolitical alignments. She is also known for closely observing Sahel coups and the Wagner Group.