Burkina Faso Archives

ECOWAS announced a timeline for its three departing members

Emmanuel Balogun - December 23, 2024

Why Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger plan to exit the African bloc – and what happens now.

Rehan Visser - December 9, 2024

Afrobarometer surveys track perceptions of graft and experience of bribery.

Carolyn Logan and Rorisang Lekalake - August 12, 2024

Afrobarometer data show citizens want more democratic governance than they’re getting.

Erik Voeten, Kim Yi Dionne, and Ken Opalo - April 29, 2024

Experts unpack Africa's recent coups and democratic resilience.

Matthias Krönke, Thomas Isbell, and Makanga Ronald Kakumba - March 22, 2024

From protests to traffic stops, negative experiences often mark the public’s views of police professionalism.

Danielle Gilbert - October 13, 2023

What we know about Hamas hostage-taking and Israel’s hostage recovery policy.

Laura Seay and Kim Yi Dionne - December 29, 2022

The TMC 2022 roundups: African politics

Kim Yi Dionne - December 12, 2022

ECOWAS, the Economic Community of West African States, engages in more than just economic activities. How will it implement the new initiative?

Aoife McCullough - October 28, 2022

Russian propaganda has a wide reach. Here’s what else is boosting pro-Russian sentiment.

Madeline Fleishman and Jori Breslawski - October 14, 2022

Afrobarometer polls show strong support for the regional economic bloc. But protesters in Burkina Faso pushed back against ECOWAS diplomacy efforts.