The governments and militaries of the Lake Chad region should prioritise JAS as much as ISWAP in their counter-terrorism efforts.
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The East African Community has been ambitious in creating a regional common market. This includes making it easy for people to move between countries.
Terrorist groups are becoming more daring with increased attacks on military camps across the west Africa region.
Five years since the Mali coup of 2020, the key lesson is that the international community must move beyond the view of coups as isolated events.
Although symbolically visible in some places across the continent, Turkey’s presence remains a work in progress.
Togo has long pursued a pragmatic and independent foreign policy that serves its national interests.
Violence by armed groups is dangerously disrupting the conservation and protection of the environment.
Mali is in a period of political uncertainty.
Despite its current crisis, Ecowas can look back on successes in integration, peace and security, and good governance.
Africa needs a new strategy to engage with the more complex global order.
Ecowas initially supported the current president, but now faces growing authoritarianism, causing friction.
Ibrahim Traoré’s popularity in some west African countries may rest on shaky foundations.
The cost of a daily nutritious diet in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger is 110% higher than the west African region’s daily minimum wage.
China stands a good chance of taking advantage of the dwindling western presence in the Sahel region of west Africa.
The capabilities of the Nigerian Air Force have geopolitical implications for combating terrorism and threats of coups in west Africa.
Ghana is a big player in west African geopolitics.
A combination of population explosion, failure of governance and endemic poverty creates a perfect breeding ground for a jihadist state in west Africa.
Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso set to leave Ecowas at a time of rising insecurity in west Africa.
Despite the fracture within Ecowas and animosity with western partners, regional and international collaboration is needed to fight terrorism in west Africa.
To win its counterinsurgency war, Mali’s military must focus on the fragility of the state, strained military capabilities, and fallout from Russian-Ukraine crisis.
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