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1 – 10 of 13French 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…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB273997
ISSN: 2633-304X
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More than 486,000 have been displaced in the country amid escalating violence. The G5 Sahel alliance -- an ad hoc regional cooperation body comprising Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB247385
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Out of ECOWAS’s 15 member states, only Togo and The Gambia do not have a two-term stipulation. However, the regional organisation is pushing for every member state to set such…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB224717
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Prospects for West Africa in 2019.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB240230
ISSN: 2633-304X
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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…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB266713
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Jihadists' coastal threat.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB249155
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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…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB263451
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Prospects for West Africa in 2018.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB225902
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West African security strategy.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB249704
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Presidential elections in the other five (Burkina Faso, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast and Niger) are set for the fourth quarter. While ECOWAS touts its regional trade and monetary…