Jihadists edging south toward West Africa’s most stable and prosperous states
•Jihadist cells infiltrating as far as Ghana and Ivory Coast, the world’s top cocoa producers, as western counter-terrorism strategy stutters…
•Jihadist cells infiltrating as far as Ghana and Ivory Coast, the world’s top cocoa producers, as western counter-terrorism strategy stutters…
Nigeria’s former President and Chair of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Council of the Wise (CoW), Dr.…
By Nina Wilén When things fall apart you usually take a step back to look at what went wrong and to…
•The pullout came after a falling out between France and Mali, in West Africa, ending a military effort that failed…
By Folahanmi Aina The political instability and insecurity in some Sahelian states in West Africa has led to the capture of political…
When they arrived in 2013 it was in a rush: 250 men from a base in Senegal; 950 from Chad; helicopters…
•America Must Push Back—Without Getting Dragged In By Samuel Ramani The day after the military staged a coup in Burkina Faso…
France announced Thursday that it was withdrawing its troops from Mali after a breakdown in relations with the country’s ruling…
By Adem K Abebe On the evening of 15 February 2022, reports emerged that key police and military officials in Djibouti were…
•Belgium excludes deployment of troops to Mali for now By Sylvie Corbet France is hosting a summit on Wednesday devoted…