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Expert briefing
Publication date: 12 December 2022

Most Sahelian states -- Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger and Chad -- are landlocked. This geographical reality imposes costs and constrains some economic possibilities. Yet the…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 14 November 2022

French forces completed their withdrawal from Mali in August. The current force posture, with some 3,000 troops based mostly in Niger and Chad, will remain unchanged in the short…

Executive summary
Publication date: 23 December 2019

WEST AFRICA: Currency change will have symbolic power

Executive summary
Publication date: 18 August 2021

WEST AFRICA: Jihadists will not follow Taliban example

Expert briefing
Publication date: 14 February 2022

The gathering came amid a wave of coups afflicting the continent, widespread pandemic-induced economic difficulties, continuing limits to the AU’s ability to make its presence…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 13 August 2021

While the overall number of incidents is fewer than a dozen since the rise of the region's jihadist insurgencies in the early 2010s, the trend lends credence to growing warnings…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 23 November 2017
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Prospects for West Africa in 2018

Prospects for West Africa in 2018.

Expert briefing
Publication date: 25 July 2019

West African franc.

Expert briefing
Publication date: 4 August 2020

Opposition victories, especially those that remove long-standing authoritarian regimes, have been associated with democratic strengthening, with transfers of power shown to boost…

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