West Africa | ISS Africa

Lack of funding and sharp political divisions have derailed the implementation of ECOWAS’ counter-terrorism plan.

ECOWAS should use its special summit on regional integration in 2025 to reconsider its approach to managing coups.

According to the latest statistics and trends, the increasing involvement of minors in drug use requires urgent intervention.

The pattern of targeting detention facilities shows that insurgents are determined to break their members out of prison.

This report examines the processes used to manage coups, and recommends how they could be improved.

Stability in West Africa requires that both organisations take pragmatic and flexible approaches, and learn from past mistakes.

Regional security and stability require that the methods used to deal with coups are urgently redefined.

Regional security and stability require that the methods used to deal with coups are urgently redefined.

New research shows how better cooperation between governments could tighten the net around transnational organised criminal markets and actors.

New research shows how better cooperation between governments could tighten the net around transnational organised criminal markets and actors.

Ahead of the December 2024 elections, heightened mistrust in state institutions and unresolved tensions threaten to disrupt the polls.

Given their favourable standing with Alliance of Sahel States (AES) countries, Senegal’s new leaders could resolve regional tensions.