Guinea-Bissau

  • Aug 16, 2012
  • 7 min read

Organised crime entwines with state in West Africa

The dynamics of transnational organised crime have shifted over the past five years, with a...

West Africa
  • Aug 9, 2012
  • 6 min read

The spread of West African radical Islamism is limited

The recent rise of violent Islamist groups in Nigeria, northern Mali and Mauritania could raise...

West Africa
  • Apr 30, 2012
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Mixed interests to blunt West Africa regional security

West Africa remains the world's most coup-prone region. In the last three years almost half of...

West Africa
  • Apr 18, 2012
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Guinea-Bissau military seeks a proxy civilian front

The African Union (AU) yesterday suspended Guinea-Bissau. It asked the Economic Community of West...

Guinea-Bissau
  • Feb 3, 2012
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Guinea-Bissau elections could trigger military action

The ruling party is set to decide its presidential candidate tomorrow, with Prime Minister Carlos...

Guinea-Bissau
  • Nov 18, 2011
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Prospects for West Africa in 2012

West Africa's coastal states face a range of outlooks next year. Ghana, Senegal and Sierra Leone...

West Africa
  • Aug 12, 2010
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AFRICA: Deepwater oil regulation is set to increase

Angola's oil minister, Jose Botelho de Vasconcelos, said on August 10 that the number of...

Africa
  • Nov 19, 2009
  • 8 min read

PROSPECTS 2010: West Africa

Investment-led economic recovery during 2010 will be overshadowed by crises of governance and...

West Africa