Post-coup relations remain fraught between Niger and Benin, evident in Porto Novo’s decision to shut down a key oil pipeline and economic lifeline for Niamey.

Will the Tinubu reforms accomplish their goal of luring foreign investors back into Nigerian oil, or will rule of law concerns keep them away?

Amid a worsening security and economic outlook in the Sahel, ECOWAS leaders have decided that the only way forward is for Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso to be brought back into the fold.

UN Chief António Guterres recently declared Africa as the new “epicenter” of global terrorism. Recent developments across the Sahel and beyond are corroborating the view.

Wagner is stepping in to support to Niger junta just as regional support for a strategy of concerted pressure shows signs of fizzling out.