Cote d’Ivoire: Gbagbo’s Clinging to Power Threatens Civil War
Once again death and displacement stalk 20 million Ivorians as President Lauren Gbagbo clings to the Presidency. His loss to Alassane Ouattara in November’s elections was certified by his own...
View ArticleIvory Coast: Reconciliation & Reconstruction or Revenge & Ruin
Today’s top headline out of West Africa is the arrest of former President Laurent Gbagbo after his underground compound was reportedly stormed by Ivorian and international forces. After months of war,...
View ArticleIt's Election Day in Liberia!
Today, Liberians head to the polls in the country's second presidential election since the end of a brutal fourteen-year civil war. In 2009, I lived and worked in Liberia, and got to experience...
View ArticleClimate and Conflict in the Sahel
The Sahel region of West Africa is facing a major food crisis for the third time in seven years. The region has suffered from poverty and vulnerability for generations, but now drought, poor harvests,...
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