West Africa

Nigeria and Ghana    October 23, 2020   Nigeria: A New Generation Steps Up    February 11, 2019   Nigeria: Many Candidates, Few Alternatives    August 15, 2018   West Africa/Europe: From Cocoa to Chocolate    February 26, 2018   Nigeria/Global: Promising Potential for Solar Mini-Grids    May 24, 2017   Nigeria: Corruption Undercuts Boko Haram Fight    October 18, 2016   Ghana: New Debt Trap    April 27, 2016   Nigeria: Shapes of Violence, 1    April 27, 2016   Nigeria: Shapes of Violence, 2    September 14, 2015   West Africa: Tax Giveaway Follies    January 13, 2015   Nigeria: Elections/Security Disconnect    December 1, 2014   USA/Nigeria: Uneasy Alliance    June 9, 2014   Nigeria: Beyond the Hashtag Debates    April 7, 2014   Nigeria: Security Forces and Insecurity    March 25, 2014   Nigeria: Corruption & Its International Partners    February 26, 2014   Africa: Tracking Toxic Pollution    October 27, 2013   Nigeria: Cycle of Violence in Northeast    June 5, 2013   Nigeria: Counterproductive Counterterrorism    Apr 11, 2013   Nigeria: #Offshoreleaks    Nov  5, 2012   Nigeria: "Security" Forces Escalate Insecurity    Jun 20, 2012   USA/Africa: Reject "Terrorist" Designation for Boko Haram    Jun  1, 2012   USA/Africa: Rising Pressures for Militarization    Aug 12, 2011   Nigeria: Past Time for Oil Cleanup, 1    Aug 12, 2011   Nigeria: Past Time for Oil Cleanup, 2    Mar 18, 2011   Nigeria: Can Elections be Fair?    Dec 14, 2010   USA/Africa: Wikileaks Highlights, 1    Oct 19, 2010   Nigeria: Enabling Corporate Crime    Oct  3, 2010   South Africa: Media Matters    Jun  5, 2010   USA/Nigeria: By Way of Comparison    Mar  5, 2010   Nigeria: New Human Development Report    Mar  5, 2010   Nigeria: Reforming Shell?    Oct 29, 2009   Africa: Climate Change and Natural Resources    Jul 10, 2009   USA/Africa: Obama in Ghana, What Kind of Change?    Jun 12, 2009   Nigeria: Midterm Results Disappoint    Jun 12, 2009   Nigeria: Delta Violence Past & Present    Apr 14, 2009   USA/Nigeria: Halliburton Fallout    Jan  13 2009   Ghana: Political Kudos    Jan  13 2009   Ghana: Economic Challenges    Oct 31, 2008   USA/Nigeria: Chevron on Trial    Jul 16, 2008   Nigeria: Curse of the Black Gold    Feb 26, 2008   Nigeria: Prison System Report    Aug 14, 2007   Nigeria: AIDS Advice Available    Aug  1, 2007   USA/Africa: Questioning AFRICOM, 2    May 14, 2007   Nigeria: Election Aftermath    May 14, 2007   Nigeria: Fair and Square?    Aug 13, 2006   Nigeria: Swamps of Insurgency    Nov 13, 2005   Nigeria: Delta Oil & Human Rights    Oct 27, 2005   Nigeria: Debt Deal Views    Oct  3, 2005   Africa: Whose Energy Future?    Jul  5, 2005   Ghana: Playing Chicken    Mar 29, 2005   Ghana: Medical Skills Drain    Jan 26, 2005   Nigeria: Human Rights Report Released    Dec 19, 2004   Ghana: Election Commentary    Sep 22, 2004   Nigeria: Shari'a Manipulation    Dec 18, 2003   Nigeria: Oil and Violence

West Africa (other countries)    January 19, 2022   USA/Africa: Bronx Fire Devastates Gambian Community    March 22, 2021   Sahel: Questioning Counterterrorism?    August 15, 2018   West Africa/Europe: From Cocoa to Chocolate    June 4, 2018   West Africa/Global: Tax Evasion without Borders    November 13, 2017   USA/Sahel: Questions Asked, Unasked, Half-Answered    May  8, 2017   Africa: World Bank Financing Land Grabs    March 28, 2017   Liberia: Mining, Displacement, and the World Bank    December 6, 2016   Gambia: Sudden Hope in a Small Country    October 4, 2016   West Africa/Europe: Toxic Fuels for African Markets    Jun  2, 2016   Liberia/Global: Financial Secrecy at Work    December 1, 2015   Africa/Global: Changing "the Media"    September 14, 2015   West Africa: Tax Giveaway Follies    May 11, 2015   West Africa: Ebola Down But Not Out    January 26, 2015   Burkina Faso: Hopes for New Beginnings    September 10, 2014   West Africa: Ebola Response Scale-Up Urgent, Uncertain    April 17, 2014   Mali: Polls Show Turn to Optimism    Mar 26, 2013   Mali: Listening without Drones    Jan 15, 2013   Mali: No End to Conflict in Sight    Oct 15, 2012   Mali: No Shortcuts to Security    Oct 12, 2012   West Africa: Toxic Waste, Failed Accountability    Jul 31, 2012   Mali: Warnings against Escalation    Jun  7, 2012   West Africa: Sahel Food Crisis    Feb 23, 2012   Senegal: Democracy or Gerontocracy?    Jun 14, 2011   Guinea-Bissau: Drug Trade in Broader Context    Jun 10, 2011   Cote d'Ivoire: No War, but No Security    Apr 27, 2011   Senegal: Music to Fight Malaria    Feb 28, 2011   Cote d'Ivoire: Crisis Facts & Debates    Feb 28, 2011   Côte d'Ivoire: Human Rights Reports    Feb  1, 2011   Equatorial Guinea: Oil but No Rights, 2    Feb  1, 2011   Equatorial Guinea: Oil but No Rights, 1    Nov  4, 2010   Côte d'Ivoire: A Big Step Forward    Aug  6, 2010   Africa: Migrant Rights Updates    Oct 23, 2009   Guinea (Conakry): More than an Inquiry?    Aug 18, 2009   Cape Verde: Transnational Archipelago    Jul 28, 2008   Guinea-Bissau: In Need of a State    Jan 17, 2008   Liberia: Firestone Challenge Advances    Sep  3, 2007   Sahel: Beyond Any Drought    Aug  1, 2007   USA/Africa: Questioning AFRICOM, 1    Feb 18, 2007   Guinea (Conakry): State of Siege    Feb  9, 2007   Liberia: Debt Cancellation Overdue    Jan 31, 2007   Guinea (Conakry): Status Quo Continued    Dec  7, 2006   Africa: Balancing Act Internet News    Jun 27, 2006   Gambia: Defending Press Freedom    Apr  9, 2006   Benin: Democratic Succession    Mar 19, 2006   Liberia: Johnson Sirleaf in New York, Washington    Oct 10, 2005   Liberia: Elections Necessary, Not Enough    Jul 22, 2005   Niger: Background to Famine    Feb 28, 2005   Togo: Peer Pressure Plus    Dec 12, 2004   Liberia-Sierra Leone: Consolidating Peace?    Nov 16, 2004   Côte d'Ivoire: Containing the Crisis?    Nov 16, 2004   West Africa: Humanitarian Appeal    Sep 16, 2004   West Africa: Locust Invasion    Aug  5, 2004   Côte d'Ivoire: Peacekeeping Continued    Jul 28, 2004   USA/Africa: Oil and Transparency    Apr 27, 2004   Africa: Learning to Survive    Nov 12, 2003   Liberia: Peace Process Implementation    Nov  4, 2003   Senegal: Debt and Destruction