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Golden Handcuffs: The Political Economy of Pliable Democracy in Africa
Authors: Lyna Saadi and Dr. Julian Spencer-Churchill
Western democracy-promotion programs in Africa are failing, but not for the reasons most analysts claim. The problem is...
Burkina Faso launches Five-Year development plan
Burkina Faso launched its 64-billion-dollar National Development Plan (NDP) for 2026–2030, on March 9. The plan is one of the largest economic programs ever...
Mali and Burkina Faso Impose Travel Ban on U.S. in Retaliation
Mali and Burkina Faso announced on Tuesday that they would ban travel for U.S. citizens, responding to a decision by the Trump administration to...
Security-for-Resources: How Russia Is Expanding Its Military Role in the Sahel
Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has reiterated the official position on Sahelian States—Burkina Faso, Niger, and Mali—to expect further discussions on practical areas of possible...
Burkina Faso’s Move Towards Strategic Autonomy Under Ibrahim Traoré’s Leadership
Ibrahim Traoré, face of ‘Frexit’ in Burkina Faso, shot to fame after leading a coup in September 2022. The perceived narrative of his leadership...
The Alliance of Sahel States: The Road towards Nationalization
Burkina Faso's President Ibrahim Traore said, "We are going to get our mining licenses back, and we are going to mine it ourselves."
On 4th...
The stakes of the new crisis between Algeria and the AES regimes
On the night of March 31 to April 1, 2025, the Algerian Ministry of Defense announced that it had shot down a Turkish Bayraktar...
Alliance of Sahel States Stepping Forward With Common Economic and Security Aspirations
On January 29, 2025, within rapidly geopolitical changes in West African region, three landlocked countries namely Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger, members of the...
The Growing Dynamics of Military Coups in Africa
Authors: Tejvir Bawa & Anmol Rattan Singh
Democracy has been believed to be the best way forward to ensure equal development and harmony among nation-states....
The Alliance of Sahel States: Implications, challenges and prospects in West Africa
In this interview, Antoine SOMDAH, former ambassador of Burkina Faso to the Russian Federation, an expert in international law and nuclear law, and a...