Mapping Africa Transformations

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Blog post

Cross-border co-operation is under threat in West Africa

Twenty years after Alpha Oumar Konaré’s call for pays-frontières, cross-border co-operation in West Africa is under threat
Security
Blog post

Jihadists threaten informal trade between Burkina Faso and Ghana

In recent years, West African jihadist groups have expanded from the Central Sahel to the coastal countries of the Gulf of Guinea
Security
News

Forthcoming: New dimensions of the Spatial Conflict Dynamics indicator

SWAC/OECD is developing new parameters for the Spatial Conflict Dynamics indicator (SCDi) to better map and monitor the spatial evolution of armed conflicts in North and West Africa
Security
Audio

Women Leading Change: Ornella Moderan

This podcast series tells the stories of women as civil society actors, activists, authors, leaders, health and humanitarian workers, youth representatives, traders and entrepreneurs in the Sahel and West Africa
Gender Security
Video

Presenting the Spatial Conflict Dynamics indicator – SCDi

Learn about the SCDi through this short, animated explainer video
Security