Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have left ECOWAS, the regional bloc that sanctioned them after military officers seized power in each. In this Q&A, Crisis Group expert Nnamdi Obasi assesses the import of these events for West Africa’s security architecture and Nigeria’s influence therein.
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We must take these [Nigerian presidential elections] polls with a generous amount of salt.The poll samples are small and focusing on literate people.
Bissau has [a] special property: many key events never get really clarified, nobody is too sure who killed who.
Les deux factions jihadistes du nord-est du Nigéria continuent de s’affronter violemment. Elles restent une menace, notamment pour les civils, tant au Nigéria que dans d’autres pays entourant le lac Tchad. Les gouvernements de la région ne peuvent se permettre d’ignorer le danger jihadiste.
Dans cet épisode d’Afrique 360°, Enrica Picco et Rinaldo Depagne reçoivent Gilles Yabi, fondateur et directeur exécutif du think tank WATHI, pour parler de la crise qui secoue la Communauté des Etats de l’Afrique de l’Ouest (Cédéao), des troubles politiques qui agitent le Sénégal et des conséquences de ces deux événements majeurs pour la stabilité de la région.
Dans cet événement en ligne, nous avons exploré les enjeux sécuritaires concernant le nord de la Côte d’Ivoire.
Les insurgés islamistes dans le Sahel ont régulièrement mené des incursions dans les pays côtiers d'Afrique de l'Ouest, dont la Côte d'Ivoire. Jusqu'à présent, Abidjan est parvenu à les repousser, grâce à la mise en place de mesures sécuritaires et socio-économiques. La Côte d'Ivoire devrait redoubler d'efforts sur ces deux fronts.
This week on Hold Your Fire!, Richard speaks with Crisis Group’s Africa Deputy Director Pauline Bax and Sahel expert Ibrahim Yahaya Ibrahim about the southward drift of jihadists from the Sahel to coastal West Africa and what can be done in response.
Two years after the suicide of Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau, jihadist factions continue a battle for control of Nigeria’s north east. In this Q&A, Crisis Group assesses the situation and lays out what authorities should do in response.
Bola Ahmed Tinubu will be sworn in as Nigeria’s president on 29 May, following an election dogged by legal challenges. With a weaker mandate than any of his predecessors, the new leader should take steps to reunite a fractured country facing numerous other problems.
In this online event, Crisis Group experts explore possible scenarios of the forthcoming Nigeria general elections.
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