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End of French Empire or French Manoeuvre in (West) Africa?

Posted By: adminon: April 13, 2024In: World From AfricaTags: ABU Zaria, Coups, ECOWAS, French Empire, West AfricaNo CommentsViews:

The democratic space in West Africa has not been a smooth one of recent. It has been defined by one coup after the other, most if not all of them emitting high voltage rhetoric against Franc... Read more

The End of the Western Democracy Project in Africa

Posted By: adminon: March 19, 2024In: World From AfricaTags: Africa, Autocratic rule, Deglobalisation, Democracy promotion, Democratic backsliding, ECOWAS, EU, Latin America, People's Republic of China, Russia, the West, West AfricaNo CommentsViews:

By Yusuf Bangura The optimism of the 1990s, which saw a massive rollback of autocratic regimes in favour of electoral democracy, has given way to pessimism about democracy’s continued spread... Read more

CDD Flashes Rays of Hope With New Chairperson and Five Others Into International Governing Council

Posted By: adminon: March 12, 2024In: World From AfricaTags: CDD-WA, ECOWAS, Epistemic justice, OTUWA, The 'African condition', Think tankingNo CommentsViews:

The Centre for Democracy and Development – West Africa (CDD-WA) has formally announced the appointment of Cde John Odah as Chairman of its International Governing Council. The change comes a... Read more

President Tinubu’s Populist Escape Route from Niger – Mali – B/Faso – Guinea Diplomatic Misadventure

Posted By: adminon: February 24, 2024In: De-EscalationTags: Anti-imperialism, Burkina Faso, Culture, ECOWAS, Emotions, Foreign powers, History, Language, Mali, Memories, National interest, National security, Niger Republic, Power, Psychoanalysis, Russia, Songhai Empire, Sovereignty, WARNo CommentsViews:

The doctrine of ‘news following the flag’ compels the contribution of whoever is in a position to do so towards a sharp course-correction away from what has clearly been a major... Read more

Two Days Rethinking Democracy in West Africa in the Face of Discontent and Coups

Posted By: adminon: February 11, 2024In: World From AfricaTags: 'Armed populism', Democracy and Development, ECOWAS, Electoral accountability, France, Grounded theory, INEC, Military Vanguardism, Niger – Mali – Burkina Faso, Robert Cox, RussiaNo CommentsViews:

It was a pleasant two-day house (hotel) arrest for the purpose of a collective peer review of a potentially explosive book project on electoral accountability in Nigeria on the one hand and... Read more

Stop the Constitutional Coup in Senegal – African Intellectuals, Activists Tell Senegalese President

Posted By: adminon: February 08, 2024In: World From AfricaTags: African intellectuals, AU, Civil society activists, ECOWAS, Electoral Hub, President Macky Sall, Senegalese people, UNNo CommentsViews:

There has been a blistering rebuke for President Macky Sall of Senegal for staging a constitutional coup by sacking opposition members of parliament in that country and embarking on unconsti... Read more

Tinubu’s Language Game Against Labelling, Blanket Stereotyping of Nigeria

Posted By: adminon: February 02, 2024In: Words and WorldTags: ECOWAS, EFCC, Foreign policy, Language game, Liliputianism, NIGERIANo CommentsViews:

Is it too early to concede that President Bola Tinubu gets it right each time he steps out in representational practice of power? His language game is usually so well put that no platform t... Read more

Anglophone Escapes Africa’s Current Coup Wave As Sierra Leone Arrests Coup Leaders

Posted By: adminon: November 27, 2023In: De-EscalationTags: British West Africa, ECOWAS, French West Africa, President Julius Maada Bio, Sierra Leone, USNo CommentsViews:

The authorities in Sierra Leone says it has arrested the leaders of a security breach that started early Sunday, November 26th, 2023 with troops attacking a major armoury obviously to captur... Read more

Establishing Priorities in Nigeria’s Foreign Policy

Posted By: adminon: October 14, 2023In: World From AfricaTags: Atlantic Ocean, ECOWAS, Europe, Middle East, Nigerian missions, RECs, The AmericasNo CommentsViews:

By Ambassador Usman Sarki Understanding the drivers of Nigeria’s foreign policy and the determinants of the national interest is an important activity that should occupy our passing mo... Read more

Electoral Spasms in Liberia As EOM Calls for Calm?

Posted By: adminon: October 12, 2023In: World From AfricaTags: Capitalist democracy, ECOWAS, ELECTION, EOM, Liberia, NIGERIA, Oxfam, Socialism, The EconomistNo CommentsViews:

The ECOWAS Election Observation Mission in the presidential and legislative elections in Liberia is suing for calm. A statement titled “Preliminary Declaration – Liberia General Elections” p... Read more