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Supporters of Capt. Ibrahim Traoré protest against France and the West African regional bloc ECOWAS in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso on Oct. 4, 2022. (AP Photo/Kilaye Bationo)

France’s military withdrawal presents opportunities and risks to West African states

France’s military withdrawals provide West African states with a long overdue opportunity to assert their sovereignty. But there’s a risk of authoritarianism and regime fragmentation.
From left: President Teodoro Obiang Nguema of Equatorial Guinea, Denis Sassou Nguesso of Congo, Paul Biya of Cameroon and François Bozizé of the Central African Republic in July 2012 in Brazzaville. STR/AFP/Getty Images

Africa’s ageing leaders: succession race in Cameroon, Congo and Equatorial Guinea could destabilise the region

Long-standing regimes create a complex web of alliances and interest networks centred on the head of state.
A volunteer during a slash and clear session in the Ntui district of Cameroon. Villagers have reacted positively to this method of getting rid of black flies ELFA Media

Beating river blindness: blackfly bites dramatically reduced after breeding sites are destroyed with machetes

River blindness and the black flies that cause it torment millions in west Africa. The “slash and clear” method is an effective way to eliminate them at source.
A three-year-old girl under a mosquito net in Mukuli, western Kenya. She had received all four doses of RTS,S, the world’s first malaria vaccine. Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP via Getty Images

Two new malaria vaccines are being rolled out across Africa: how they work and what they promise

Forty million children are born in malaria areas across Africa each year. Two new vaccines are important weapons in the fight against the disease.

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