News
The Sahel Walks Out of the ICC and Exposes the Limits of International Justice
Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso have begun formally leaving the International Criminal Court, calling it selective and politicised. The exit…
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Conflict & Security
The Hidden Forces Shaping Burkina Faso’s Struggle for Sovereignty
Behind Traoré's sovereignty rhetoric lie gold rents, a Russian security deal that swaps one patron for another, and an interior…
Conflict & Security
From Sankara’s Shadow to Security Shambles Traoré’s Burkina Faso
Captain Traoré projects sovereignty through AI-generated imagery and Sankara's iconography while Burkina Faso suffers its deadliest era, mass displacement, postponed…
Africa
France’s Sahel Retreat and the Continental Reset It Cannot Control
France was expelled from the Sahel, not withdrawn. Understanding why reveals the structural forces driving Africa's generational renegotiation of external…