The Kano Model: How Faith Leaders Can Fight Disinformation in Nigeria and West Africa
By Senator Iroegbu In an era where falsehoods outpace truth, Nigeria and its Sahel neighbours find themselves on a perilous…
Negative impact of Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso’s withdrawal from ECOWAS
By Aishah Umar Sanda The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has for long been the cornerstone of regional…
Meet Isa Salmanu Musa who scored 9A1s in his WAEC Result
Ngozi James 18-year-old Isa Musa Salmanu has scored a remarkable A1 in all the nine subjects he sat for in…
Will China Create an Atlantic Naval Base in West Africa?
•A Commercial Port in Equatorial Guinea Draws Speculation By Nalova Akua Washington security hawks have been aflutter for months over claims China plans…
Could Japan give new direction to West African security approaches?
•Japan’s experience in reconstruction and economic development could benefit states in the region that face multiple challenges. By Aissatou Kante As…
Again, US General alerts on China’s plan for a Naval Base in West Africa
By David Vergun The Chinese are activity seeking a military naval base in Africa on the Atlantic coast, which would…
Chinese fleets decimate fisheries in West, Central Africa–Study
By ADF Staff China’s distant-water fishing fleet (DWF) has targeted Gulf of Guinea waters in West and Central Africa for…
How Black America fell out of love with Africa
•Contemporary Afro-pessimist intellectuals see no shared identity that can serve as the basis for solidarity between Africans and African Americans.…
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…
West African coastal terror attacks: just the tip of the iceberg
•A better understanding of how violent extremism expands could help avoid costly mistakes. By Sampson Kwarkye Violent extremism is escalating in…