In the heart of West Africa, Burkina Faso stretches across the savannah in a patchwork of fields, villages, and bustling markets. Landlocked and often overshadowed by its more widely known neighbors, the country’s...
Elisabeth Ilboudo-Nébié, Columbia University
In the Sahel of West Africa – which covers Senegal, Mauritania, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger and Chad – land degradation has led to migration towards less densely populated and more...
Olayinka Ajala, Leeds Beckett University
This year’s summit of the Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas) takes place against a challenging environment for the regional bloc.
Recent developments in the region have included coups, insecurity and economic instability. Climate change also poses challenges.
Six successful and two attempted coups in the region since 2020 were followed by the withdrawal of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger from the bloc. All three were founding members of Ecowas (in 1975) and are key countries in the Sahel.
The 15-member economic bloc has developed the most integrated economic community in Africa through a free trade area, free movement of citizens, development of regional infrastructure such as...
Kaja Jasinska, University of Toronto and Mary-Claire Ball, University of Toronto
Children living in multilingual communities often learn in a language at school that does...
Olayinka Ajala, Leeds Beckett University
This year’s summit of the Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas) takes place against a challenging environment for the regional bloc.
Recent developments in the region have included coups, insecurity and economic instability. Climate change also poses challenges.
Six successful and...
Papa Sow, The Nordic Africa Institute
Burkina Faso, Benin and Niger share a biosphere reserve known as the WAP complex (W-Arly-Pendjari), which spreads across the borders of the three countries. The first part of this 3 million hectare Unesco world heritage site was declared in 1996 and it was extended in 2002. It’s intended to protect species that are highly threatened in the region, including elephants and cheetahs, as well as important wetlands.
The three states signed an agreement in 2008...
In the heart of West Africa, Burkina Faso stretches across the savannah in a patchwork of fields, villages, and bustling markets. Landlocked and often overshadowed by its more widely known neighbors, the country’s...
Kagure Gacheche, The Conversation
The Norwegian Refugee Council recently released a report highlighting the 10 most neglected displacement crises in the world in 2023. Nine of the 10 countries are in Africa – the...
Olayinka Ajala, Leeds Beckett University
Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger have sent Ecowas, west Africa’s main political union of 15 countries, a formal notice of their withdrawal from the bloc. The three countries are...
Daniel Eizenga, Africa Center for Strategic Studies - Captain Ibrahim Traoré is the interim leader of Burkina Faso, having taken over the position following...
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