Posted on Mon 17 March 2025 in West Africa • Tagged with Sahel, China, West, US, USA, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, The Gambia, Guinea, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, USAID, BRICS, ECOWAS
With France fast losing its influence in west Africa’s Sahel region and an unpredictable US president in power, will China fill the vacuum?
The Sahel region covers 10 countries: Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, The Gambia, Guinea, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria and Senegal.
French …
Posted on Mon 31 July 2023 in Nigeria • Tagged with Food security, food insecurity, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Tinubu, India, Kenya, Cameroon, Algeria
Stephen Onyeiwu, Allegheny College
Nigerians doing their grocery shopping in July 2023 are paying 25% more for staple items than they did a year …