Essay: Jihadism and coups in West Africa’s Sahel region – a complex relationship
In an article first published on The Conversation, FOLAHANMI AINA, of King’s College London, looks at the links between West Africa’s recent coups and Islamist insurgencies…
Two weeks after Burkina Faso coup, UN Security Council expresses “serious concern”
United NationsReuters The United Nations Security Council expressed “serious concern about the unconstitutional change of government” in Burkina Faso in a statement more than two weeks after a military coup deposed President Roch Kabore. The 15-member council met behind closed doors on Tuesday to discuss the 24th January coup. In a statement, agreed by consensus […]
Six killed in failed coup in Guinea-Bissau, President sees link to drugs
Bissau, Guinea-BissauReuters At least six people were killed in a failed attempt to overthrow Guinea-Bissau’s President Umaro Sissoco Embalo, state radio said on Wednesday, as residents of the capital cautiously returned to daily life. The dead in Tuesday’s assault included four assailants and two members of the presidential guard, it said. Embalo had announced on […]
POSTCARDS: UNDERPAID AND ABUSED, GUINEA-BISSAU’S DOMESTIC WORKERS SEEK PROTECTION
NELLIE PEYTON, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports…