Search results
1 – 10 of 10Most Sahelian states -- Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger and Chad -- are landlocked. This geographical reality imposes costs and constrains some economic possibilities. Yet the…
Details
DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB274619
ISSN: 2633-304X
Keywords
Geographic
Topical
WEST AFRICA: Currency change will have symbolic power
Details
DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-ES249621
ISSN: 2633-304X
Keywords
Geographic
Topical
There is no consistent regional norm on this issue. Third term bids are often destabilising, but leaders that opt to respect term limits and hand off power to a close associate…
Details
DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB266713
ISSN: 2633-304X
Keywords
Geographic
Topical
WEST AFRICA: Jihadists will not follow Taliban example
Details
DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-ES263546
ISSN: 2633-304X
Keywords
Geographic
Topical
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…
Details
DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB263451
ISSN: 2633-304X
Keywords
Geographic
Topical
Burkinabe COVID-19 vulnerabilities.
Details
DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB251619
ISSN: 2633-304X
Keywords
Geographic
Topical
Affected communities face long-term economic consequences, and their governments -- already resource-poor, and with budgets stretched thin by insecurity, corruption and COVID-19…
Details
DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB256255
ISSN: 2633-304X
Keywords
Geographic
Topical
Gold mining in the Sahel.
Details
DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB241354
ISSN: 2633-304X
Keywords
Geographic
Topical
Regionally, terrorism will remain a threat, particularly in the Sahel: much depends on whether Mali's decentralisation programme can keep armed groups engaged in the peace process.
Details
DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB214867
ISSN: 2633-304X
Keywords
Geographic
Topical
However, although the relationship between Islam and politics in the Sahel is changing, its prospects reflect local and national environments. The growing and multidirectional…