Togo

  • Feb 21, 2020
  • 7 min read

West African regional bloc faces transition challenges

Forthcoming presidential polls will test the credibility of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)

West Africa
  • Dec 4, 2019
  • 7 min read

West African coastal states will fear jihadist threat

Rising insecurity in Burkina Faso is raising concern that its jihadist threat could spread to its southern neighbours

Burkina Faso
  • Jun 7, 2019
  • 7 min read

West African regional bloc faces harmonisation tests

The 15-member ECOWAS is set to grapple with various political crises and trade coordination hurdles

West Africa
  • Jan 2, 2018
  • 7 min read

Togo’s president will face mounting opposition

The regime's official commitment to constitutional reform is not lessening public protests

Togo
  • Nov 23, 2017
  • 9 min read

Prospects for West Africa in 2018

While positive economic growth beckons for several states, destabilising political divisions will fester

Nigeria
  • Sep 27, 2017
  • 7 min read

West African bloc will raise voters' expectations

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is positioning itself as a guarantor of electoral democracy

West Africa
  • Jun 12, 2017
  • 12 min read

Slow reform may hurt West African monetary bloc's rise

Solid growth in the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU) masks the ongoing dominance of its larger economies

West Africa
  • May 1, 2015
  • 6 min read

Election dispute belies Togo's deeper stability risks

Though legal, the president's third-term win is rekindling long-held frustration with the regime

Togo