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International efforts, such as the Paris Agreement, aim to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. But experts say countries aren’t doing enough to limit dangerous global warming.
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August 5, 2020
Nigeria
Borno Governor Survives Boko Haram Attack in Nigeria
On July 29, Boko Haram operatives attacked a convoy with Babagana Zulum, governor of Borno state, near the town of Baga. According to media reports, the governor was unharmed, but there were casualties in his entourage.
September 23, 2019
Nigeria
Nigeria Security Tracker Weekly Update: September 14–20
This update represents violence in Nigeria and related to Boko Haram in Cameroon, Chad, and Niger from September 14 to 20, 2019.
September 26, 2016
Global Governance
Global Order and the New Regionalism
Overview Regional institutions and initiatives have proliferated in the twenty-first century. This latest wave of regional innovation raises, in new guise, a long-standing conundrum for global ord…
November 28, 2022
Political Transitions
Fathers and Sons
A looming crisis of succession in several African countries indicates a troubling persistence of ego-driven political paternalism.
January 14, 2020
France
France and G5 Sahel Recommit Themselves as U.S. Mulls Drawdown
President Emmanuel Macron of France hosted a summit in Pau, southwestern France, with the heads of state of Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauretania, and Niger. The purpose of the summit was to improve military coordination against insurgents with a particular focus on the Islamic State in West Africa (ISWA) and al-Qaeda affiliate Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin (JNIM). Macron also sought, and received from the African chiefs of state, an endorsement of France’s continued presence in the region. He, in turn, pledged a small increase in the number of French soldiers to be deployed there.
