Armed groups in the Sahel are finding new ways to profit from the rapidly expanding lithium trade.
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What do Mali’s military rulers and Burundi’s governing party have in common?
Programmes to address transactional sex need to be customised. The drivers change from country to country.
After more than a decade, external security intervention has left the Sahel region more fragmented, militarised and violent.
Military regimes have shifted from presenting themselves as temporary ‘corrective’ interventions to becoming personalised systems of rule.
The business start-up vibe of the Nairobi summit is no coincidence.
African countries must not sign away their health data or release their pathogens in exchange for donor funding.
Beyond the rights to free movement, the AES withdrawal has real effects on Ecowas in terms of its legitimacy, strength and migrant rights.
Once in power, military rulers have little incentive to share authority.
Competition for shea trees is rising in west Africa, leaving the poorest women collectors with less access and fewer gains.
Climate action can ease or add to crises in the Sahel region.
The kidnapping industry fuels insurgencies in Africa’s Sahel region.
Growing autocratic rule, a rise in jihadist attacks and a proliferation of coups in the Sahel contributed to the attempt by Benin’s military to seize power.
The problem with rating models applied to African countries is that they use a narrow definition of risk and don’t take into account qualitative factors.
Given its strength and capabilities, the extremist group JNIM poses an existential threat to Nigeria.
Bamako faces an uncertain future.
While illegal takeovers of state have declined globally, Africa has now seen at least 10 successful coups since 2020.
A recently approved drug for malaria treatment offers hope to millions of children who suffer from the disease in Africa.
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.
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