ANALYSTS

Captain Ibrahim Traoré, the 37-year-old military leader of Burkina Faso who took power in September 2022 after ousting interim president...

The Sahel region has emerged as a critical theatre for global power competition, where strategic interests intersect with some of...

Introduction As the threat of terrorism escalates in parts of West Africa, governments are increasingly turning to military action. Although...

Introduction Ghana’s large gold reserves, once a symbol of national wealth, are now threatened by an unanticipated source: illegal small-scale...

Introduction The current security crisis in the Sahel – which is now the most terrorist region in the world for...

Introduction Human trafficking has become a modern-day form of slavery involving the exploitation of individuals through force, fraud, or coercion...

The Sahel has cemented its status as the epicentre of global terrorism, and at the heart of this crisis lies...

Introduction Food, often viewed merely as a basic human necessity, is increasingly being recognised as a critical strategic resource with...

Introduction Disinformation campaigns—defined as the deliberate spread of false information intended to manipulate, mislead, or destabilise—have impacted every region of...

The security landscape in the Sahel continues to deteriorate amid an increasingly complex interaction between local governance challenges, regional instability,...