Ouagadougou Archives

Why are people in West Africa waving Russian flags?

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.

Erica De Bruin and Maggie Dwyer - February 25, 2022

To maintain power, military leaders are likely to turn to elections

Kristen Harkness - February 8, 2022

How leaders consolidate their power helps explain why soldiers depose governments.

Maggie Dwyer - January 28, 2022

But the new military leadership may find it difficult to meet soldiers’ demands for more support in the fight against Islamist militants

Justine Davis and Carrie Reiling - March 15, 2016

[caption id="attachment_37196" align="aligncenter" width="908"] A soldier comforts an injured boy

Lisa Mueller and Lukas Matthews - February 17, 2016

[caption id="attachment_35758" align="aligncenter" width="908"] A picture taken on Feb. 2,

Charles Thomas - February 1, 2016

[caption id="attachment_35026" align="aligncenter" width="908"] A crashed MQ-9 Reaper drone seen

Lisa Mueller - January 28, 2016

[caption id="attachment_34824" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] Terrace at Hotel le Sahel, Niamey,

Arsène Bado - January 22, 2016

[caption id="attachment_34418" align="aligncenter" width="908"] Burkina Faso's President Roch Marc Christian