WEST AFRICA

GUINEA-BISSAU: ‘It’s not enough to ask citizens to say yes or no: public debate must be guaranteed’

Bubacar Turé | GUINEA-BISSAU

NIGERIA: ‘Civic action is happening at scale, even when it doesn’t make headlines’

Muhammad Bello Abdulfatah | NIGERIA

GHANA: ‘This is bigger than LGBTQI+ rights – it’s about the kind of society we want to be’

Leila Lariba | GHANA

SENEGAL: ‘The new law criminalises not only LGBTQI+ people but also anyone offering support’

anonymous | SENEGAL

TOGO: ‘A generation that had largely stayed away from public engagement has crossed a threshold’

Ahouefa Sossou | TOGO

NIGER: ‘Every external critical voice is exploited as evidence of imperialism’

anonymous | NIGER

TOGO: ‘The connection between economic hardship and politics drove people to the streets’

Esso-Dong Kongah | TOGO

NIGERIA: ‘Protests will keep happening, because bad governance keeps happening’

Fareed Ibrahim | NIGERIA

NIGERIA: ‘Air power can’t address complex and deeply rooted security challenges’

Ibrahim Baba Shatambaya | NIGERIA

CONFLICT | CRISIS

BURKINA FASO: ‘The dissolution of parties complicates the return to constitutional order’

anonymous | BURKINA FASO