Mutiny in Niger: Russia, AES and the Limits of Propaganda
By Oumarou Sanou The attempted mutiny in Niger has exposed something more consequential than a challenge to General Abdourahamane Tiani’s…
The Map Does Not Lie: How the AES Failed the Sahel
Five years of military rule in Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger have produced not sovereignty but collapse. No propaganda can…
Benin’s Failed Coup: Russian Shadows, Weaponised Disinformation, and a Warning to West Africa
•How pro-Russian, coup supporting “activists” were exposed, discredited •Why Nigeria, ECOWAS deployed troops •Waning democratic governance, a threat to West…
ECOWAS @ 50: The Mythology, Reality and the So What?
By Chukwuemeka B. Eze, Desire Assogbavi and Malick Fall Background By May 28, 2025, the Economic Community of West African…