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Burkina Faso: Victims or Villains? The Volunteer Fighters on the Front Line
The New Humanitarian, 12 October 2020
Editor's note: In a March article, TNH contributor Sam Mednick explored what a new law granting civilians power to fight extremists might mean for Burkina Faso. In the months that… Read more »
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West Africa: Jihadis, Vigilantes, and Demoralised Troops - A Who's Who in Spiralling Crisis
The New Humanitarian, 9 March 2020
'We have to realise that the authorities alone cannot protect Burkina Faso.' Read more »
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West Africa: The Risk of Jihadist Contagion in West Africa
Crisis Group, 20 December 2019
Faced with jihadist breakthrough in Burkina Faso, neighbouring states in West Africa's Gulf of Guinea increasingly fear attacks in their own territories. These countries should… Read more »