West Africa

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Postcard From Cotonou
December 9, 2025
By Ebenezer Obadare
Prince of the Sahel
March 3, 2025
By Ebenezer Obadare
Addressing Entities of Particular Concern: Non-State Actors and Egregious Violations of Religious Freedom
January 22, 2025
By Ebenezer Obadare
Ouattara’s Dangerous Gambit
January 14, 2025
By Ebenezer Obadare
An Opportunity to Reimagine ECOWAS
July 15, 2024
By Ebenezer Obadare
When Civilians Become Targets
May 22, 2024
By Ebenezer Obadare
Guinea’s Junta Feels the Heat
February 29, 2024
By Michelle Gavin
The Case Against Military Rule
February 26, 2024
By Ebenezer Obadare
Democracy Deferred in Senegal
February 7, 2024
By Michelle Gavin
ECOWAS Split Spells Trouble for Democracy in West Africa
February 2, 2024
By Ebenezer Obadare and Reina Patel
History Casts a Long Shadow Over Liberia’s Democracy
November 13, 2023
By Michelle Gavin
The Niger Coup Could Threaten the Entire Sahel
August 3, 2023
By Mariel Ferragamo
A Setback for Senegal
August 1, 2023
By Michelle Gavin
The Military Seizes Power in Niger
July 27, 2023
By Michelle Gavin
Stoking Resentment Obscures Foreign Agendas
October 4, 2022
By Michelle Gavin
Mali’s Junta Sees Enemies Everywhere
September 29, 2022
By Michelle Gavin
Escalating Violence Is Putting Nigeria’s Future on the Line
June 9, 2022
By Ebenezer Obadare
What the Sankara Assassination Trial Means for West Africa
March 9, 2022
By Ebenezer Obadare
Recent Flurry of Coups Caps Longstanding Push for Inclusion and Belonging in Africa
February 8, 2022
By Ebenezer Obadare
Behind Africans’ Thirst for Prophecy; Confusion About the Present and Anxiety About the Future
February 3, 2022
By Ebenezer Obadare
Coup Contagion Spreads in West Africa Despite Civilian Support for Democracy
February 2, 2022
By Michelle Gavin
Jail Term for Former Liberian Defense Minister Offers Ray of Hope to Anti-Corruption Forces in Africa
January 31, 2022
By Ebenezer Obadare
What is the Influence of Chinese Media in West Africa?
September 14, 2021
Coups are Back in West Africa
September 8, 2021
By John Campbell