Author: Nalova Akua
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Mali: Defiant and alone, will the junta defeat the jihadis?
Revolting against the French, expelling a UN force and walking out of ECOWAS, the Assimi Goita junta is taking out its frustrations with the jihadis on ... -
Central Africa’s dinosaur regimes and the art of coup-proofing
The putsch against Gabon’s Bongo dynasty has shaken the region’s fragile autocrats and tremulous gerontocrats into a desperation of self-protective measures. How much longer can they ... -
How climate change is forcing elephants and humans to share space
As northern Cameroon heats up, elephants are migrating in search of food and water and increasingly finding themselves in face-to-face to humans. On 24 May, a ... -
Could the jihadis dismantle the Sahelian state?
Beleaguered by a decade of Salafi-jihadist attacks, riven by internal grievances and undermined by the corrupt Francafrique system of clientelism and extraction, are the Sahelian states ... -
Inside the insurgency in northeastern Nigeria
As a regional force ratchets up pressure, rival Islamist factions engage in a brutal fratricidal war. Is it a matter of time before Boko Haram falls? ... -
The climate crisis tinderbox in northern Cameroon
Amid growing resource scarcities, dozens have died and tens of thousands have been displaced by fighting triggered by a cow drowning. Last August, two struggling communities ...