Yahya Jammeh Archives

Can ECOWAS convince Burkina Faso to return to civilian rule?

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.

Josef Woldense - March 3, 2022

It’s not a purge — the likely goal is to dilute the possibility of internal threats

Joseph Wright and Erica Frantz - March 1, 2022

Here’s why this style of autocracy is on the rise.

Emmanuel Balogun and Aarie Glas - July 13, 2021

Here’s why ASEAN and ECOWAS stumbled after recent coups in Mali and Myanmar.

Oumar Ba - January 28, 2020

Why would Gambia step up for the Muslim minority Rohingya thousands of miles away?

Kim Yi Dionne - August 1, 2019

Technical and demographic changes make this a timely publication.

Emmanuel Balogun and Anna Mwaba - April 24, 2019

It has not responded consistently to unconstitutional changes in government.

Robert Mattes - March 5, 2019

Afrobarometer finds that the level of commitment varies dramatically by country. Here’s the breakdown.

Kim Yi Dionne - June 15, 2018

[caption id="attachment_74566" align="aligncenter" width="5028"] Soldiers guard a checkpoint in Gwoza, Nigeria,

Meshack Simati - November 22, 2017

[caption id="attachment_66541" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Jubilee Party supporters cheer Nov. 20