UNODC, NIALS, EU present module on torture
Mukaila Ola The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), working with the Nigerian Institute of Advanced Legal Studies…
ECOWAS Rejects Mali’s Five-year Transition Proposal
Nigeria’s former President and Chair of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Council of the Wise (CoW), Dr.…
Africa is beset with coups and conflicts: how the trend can be reversed
By Adem K Abebe On the evening of 15 February 2022, reports emerged that key police and military officials in Djibouti were…
Morocco: Stagnation as the four-year wait for ECOWAS persists
By Nina Kozlowski “Morocco is not in a hurry,” officials often say. But four years after the country applied to join…
Wave of juntas in Africa and the worrisome celebratory reception by civilians
By Olusegun Akinfenwa Within the past 18 months, Africa has experienced six coups, with the most recent in Burkina Faso…
Ecowas leaders demand timetable from Burkinabe junta
By Kemo Cham West African leaders on Thursday ordered the military leaders in Burkina Faso to produce a clear roadmap…
Should ECOWAS Rethink its Approach to Coups?
By Komlan Avoulete On January 9, the West African bloc ECOWAS and the West African Economic and Monetary Union (also…
What does 2022 have in store for Africa?
By Dr Issaka Souaré A backwards glance at emblematic governance and security events in Africa in 2021 may offer a…
Breaking: ECOWAS may deploy stablising force to countries under coup threat
•West Africa regional bloc agree to deploy force to stabilize democracy in countries under threat of military take-over Mukaila Ola…
Mali’s Junta Won’t Budge
Thousands of people took to the streets this month in Mali heeding the government’s calls to protest economic sanctions leveled…