The defence chiefs of ECOWAS countries, except for Mali, Burkina Faso, Chad, Guinea, and Niger, in Accra on August 17, 2024.

France is preparing to hand Côte d'Ivoire back its only military base in the country in a ceremony on 20 February, further ...

Following the ignominious end in 2022 of Barkhane, the multi-country anti-terrorism operation it launched at Mali’s request in 2013, France has given up most of its military footprint across west ...

The Economic Community of West African States announced recently that the three-member nations where coup plotters overthrew elected governments had finally exited the community. Issues related to ...

The Africa Visa Openness Index, an index which measures the extent to which each country in Africa is open to visitors from ...

While the authorities exploiting impunity may not bear much reputational, legal, or financial cost, the burden on citizens is heavy. Instability wrought by impunity frequently spills across borders, ...

The 1990s brought some positive changes. With the end of the Cold War, dozens of African countries experienced democratisation. For the first time, a considerable contingent of leaders in the ...

It is quite likely that Moscow and Beijing might align their strategies in the continent. This is a recipe for a massive ...

CDT wrote about the ways in which Chinese training programs for African journalists shape perceptions of China, and the extent to which African journalists’ active participation therein supports ...

France will hand back to Ivory Coast its only military base in the west African country in a ceremony on February 20, sources with knowledge of the talks told AFP on Thursday. Ivory Coast President ...

The junta-led countries of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have announced a new joint military force to combat jihadist groups ...