by David Bishop | Jan 18, 2022 | Blog
An honorary guard of Burkina Faso soldiers. Photo by Olympia De Maismont/AFP via Getty Images Daniel Eizenga, Africa Center for Strategic Studies Within a few weeks of the start of a new year and West Africa had its first attempted coup d’état. On January 12 the...
by Contributed | Jan 11, 2022 | Blog
Colonel Assimi Goita has stepped back from undertakings that there would be a return to civilian rule soon. Photo by Habib Kouyate/Xinhua via Getty Christopher Michael Faulkner, US Naval War College Tensions are mounting in West Africa as Mali resists pressure from...