The Sahel region, including a large part of the ECOWAS space, bears the unenviable badge of the “epicentre of global terrorism.” The attendant insecurity is compounded by poor and failed governance systems, resource mismanagement, the effects of climate change and geopolitical shifts, among the uncertainties challenging the world order....
Sahel
By PAUL EJIME – Since forming the Alliance of Sahel States, AES, in 2023, followed by their controversial decision to quit the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in January 2024, the military juntas in Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso have thrown caution to the wind, ignoring the dire consequences of their ill-advised actions on the estimated...