Economic Community of West African States

October 14, 2021 | David May |

Don’t Let Palestinian Recalcitrance Hold Israeli-African Relations Hostage

Palestinian advocacy groups and certain countries are pressuring the African Union (AU) to rescind Israel’s observer status, when the AU executive council meets this week in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia....

January 25, 2013 | Daveed Gartenstein-Ross

Where Should Mali’s Militants Be Detained?

It is time for Western countries to craft a coherent approach to non-criminal detention.

January 13, 2013 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

French Troops Intervene in Mali

Just two days after jihadists from al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, the Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa, and Ansar Dine...

January 13, 2011 | World Defense Review

Côte d’Ivoire Crisis: Some Lessons to Be Learned

In my review last week of Africa's likely top flash points for 2011, I expressed my concern that The year that was supposed to be Côte d'Ivoire's "ann...

December 10, 2009 | Dr. J. Peter Pham World Defense Review

Guinea: In Search of a Soft Landing

Guinea cannot seem to catch a break. In 1958, it was the only French colony to opt for an immediate break with France rather than continued association with Paris leading to gradual inde...

October 1, 2009 | World Defense Review

Guinea: At the Edge of the Precipice

By Dr. Walid Phares When Captain Moussa Dadis Camara seized power the day before Christmas Eve last year following the death of longtime ruler General Lansana Conté, I wa...

December 31, 2008 | Dr. J. Peter Pham World Defense Review |

Guinea Avoids the Deluge — At Least for Now

More than two years ago, I devoted a column in this series to the relatively obscure West African nation of Guinea which holds more than half of the world's reserves of bauxite (bauxite ore...

July 18, 2007 | Dr. J. Peter Pham World Defense Review |

The Indian Tiger’s African Safari

While the African travels of Chinese leaders and their troubling arms sales to regimes on the continent, have caused increasing concern in Washington and other Western capitals, India's grow...

June 6, 2007 | Dr. J. Peter Pham World Defense Review

Securing the New Strategic Gulf

In his 2006 State of the Union address, President George W. Bush issued a call for the United States to "replace more than 75 percent of our oil imports from the Middle East by 2025" and to "make...

May 30, 2007 | Dr. J. Peter Pham World Defense Review

Building Security by Ending Impunity: The Trial of Charles Taylor

This being a column devoted to terrorism and other security issues affecting Africa, it regrettably must devote most of its coverage to the bad news of which the continent is all too familiar: po...

March 21, 2007 | Dr. J. Peter Pham World Defense Review

Good News from Cote d’Ivoire

It often seems that the news media, both traditional and new, operate under a journalistic version of Gresham's Law whereby bad news trumps good news. This certainly appears to be t...

March 1, 2007 |

The Battle for Nigeria

WITH AROUND 36 billion barrels of proven petroleum reserves-the largest in Africa and the eighth largest in the world-Nigeria is America's fifth-largest supplier of oil. In 2006, the United...

February 14, 2007 | Dr. J. Peter Pham World Defense Review

Getting AFRICOM Right

Last week President George W. Bush created a new military command for Africa: I am pleased to announce my decision to create a Department of Defense Unified Combatant Comm...

November 2, 2006 | World Defense Review

The Coming Chaos in Guinea

Getting the outside world to focus on the current terrorist and other security challenges in Africa is a difficult enough task (see last week's discussion of the ongoing Somali crisis). Dire...