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Africa: The Bolle Jos Connection – How Sierra Leone’s Alleged Protection of Europe’s Most Wanted Drug Kingpin Threatens Liberia and West Africa

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The recent wave of unprecedented cocaine seizures across West Africa is no longer a series of isolated criminal incidents. Instead, the arrests, investigations, and intelligence emerging from multiple jurisdictions increasingly point to a sophisticated transnational narcotics network stretching from Latin America through West Africa into Europe. At the center of this network is Dutch fugitive…

West Africa: Fragmented Security Allows Terrorists’ Cross-Mobility Across Lake Chad and Sahel

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As Islamic State affiliates extend their reach, states must find ways to share intelligence and cooperate, despite political fractures. Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) has resolved to send 100 fighters to reinforce Islamic State Sahel Province (ISSP) in Ménaka near Mali’s border with Niger, defectors communicating with current fighters told ISS Today. This comes…

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Africa: Uniabuja Law Student Wins West Africa Speech Contest, Claims $1,000 Prize

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A Law student at the University of Abuja, Amra Onize Salihu, has emerged champion at the 9th Inter-Universities Speech Contest organised by the Intergovernmental Action Group Against Money Laundering in West Africa (GIABA), held in Freetown, Sierra Leone. Amra, a 500-level student in the Faculty of Law, represented Nigeria after winning the national selection conducted…

John Esposito transformed how the West understood Islam | Opinions

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John L Esposito, a prominent scholar of religion and international affairs at Georgetown University, passed away on July 15, 2026, due to complications from heart surgery. He was a towering intellectual who published more than 55 books, mainly with Oxford University Press, which have been translated into dozens of languages. He uniquely shaped the modern…

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West Africa: Digital Exclusion and Access to Basic Services in West Africa: Disentangling Individual From Territorial Effects

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Evidence points to digital infrastructure and education as critical investments. Abstract This study examines the relationship between digital exclusion and access to essential services across six West African countries, using Afrobarometer Round 9 data (2021-2023). We construct a multidimensional digital-exclusion index based on digital-technology access and usage, then rigorously distinguish individual-level effects from district-level contextual…

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West Africa and the Sahel – Terrorism Is Changing Its Face

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Jihadist groups are no longer content with launching attacks in West Africa and the Sahel: they administer territories, control trade routes, exploit new technologies and are gradually pushing their influence all the way to the Gulf of Guinea. Faced with this change, government responses are struggling to keep up, while a timid dynamic of regional…

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Africa: Top US Official’s Scheduled Visit to Nigeria Highlights Trump Administration’s Approach to West Africa

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Nigeria, Côte d’Ivoire and Mali show how Washington is navigating security, commerce and sovereignty in a changing West Africa regional order. For Nigeria, the US Department of State’s Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, Frank Garcia’s first official trip to Africa is worth watching closely. His planned visits to Nigeria, Côte d’Ivoire and Mali…

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West Africa: Senator Snowe Calls for Stronger Ecowas Parliament to Safeguard Democracy Across West Africa

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Oxford — Bomi County Senator Edwin Melvin Snowe Jr. has called for far-reaching reforms to strengthen the ECOWAS Parliament, warning that democracy in West Africa stands at a critical crossroads as military coups, constitutional crises, insecurity, and weak institutions continue to threaten the region’s democratic progress. Delivering a public lecture at the University of Oxford…

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West Africa: MFWA Partners Unwanted Witness, DPC, Hewlett Foundation for 8th Privacy Symposium Africa

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The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) is partnering with Uganda-based Unwanted Witness (UW), Ghana’s Data Protection Commission (DPC), and the Hewlett Foundation to organise the eighth edition of the Privacy Symposium Africa (PSA), themed “Money. Data. Control.” The symposium, which will take place on 25 and 26 November 2026, seeks to examine the intersection…

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West Africa: Bridge Bank Launches $118m IPO On West Africa BRVM Exchange

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Bridge Bank Group Côte d’Ivoire launched an initial public offering on the BRVM, offering 10 million shares at 6,750 CFA francs each in one of the regional exchange’s largest listings in recent years. The sale represents 20% of the bank’s capital and is expected to raise 67.5 billion CFA francs, or about $118 million. The…