West Africa

Will Turkish Contractors in West Africa Face the Same Fate as Russia’s Africa Corps?

November 13, 2024 No Comments

In recent years, Russian mercenaries in West Africa have gained considerable notoriety for, on the one hand, propping up post-coup military juntas and, on the

The West Can Work with Sahelian Democracies to Restore Civilian Rule and Regional Security

December 18, 2023 No Comments

After two coups in both Burkina Faso and Mali in the past three years and another coup in Guinea in 2021, Niger became the latest

West Africa’s Compounding Security Challenges

November 29, 2023 No Comments

In the summer of 2023, it looked for a moment that West Africa was at risk of a regional inter-state war of the sorts it had not