DIPLOMACY, ALLIANCES & TREATIES
Diplomacy on the Brink in West Africa
Regional cooperation blocs are everywhere becoming less cohesive, but the disintegration of the West African pioneer, ECOWAS, has perhaps been the most significant.
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
Guinea-Bissau’s Instability Returns
Guinea-Bissau’s November 2025 coup continues the trend away from Western-influenced practices and toward a resumption of the time when Africa’s future is shaped by Africa.
GOVERNANCE & ELECTIONS
Yesterday’s Men? Where are Africa’s Leaders for Tomorrow?
West Africa, despite a wave of political turmoil, ranging from coups and fragile democracies to insurgencies and secessionist movements, has maintained some of the continent’s most resilient democratic states.