JAMES COURTRIGHT
Ghana’s Democracy Is More Vulnerable Than It Looks
World Politics Review / October 2024
On Dec. 7, Ghanaians will go to the polls to vote for a president and 275 members of the national legislature ...
Could Ghana Be Jihadists’ Next Target?
Foreign Policy / May 2024
Long seen as an island of stability, the country shares many of the same vulnerabilities that militants have exploited across the Sahel region.
Ghana accused of expelling Fulani asylum seekers from Burkina Faso
The New Humanitarian / April 2024
‘We know we are not wanted in Ghana, but they will kill us in Burkina Faso.’
Ethnic Killings by West African Armies Are Undermining Regional Security
Foreign Policy / March 2023
By joining hands with militias that target Fulani civilians, state forces risk sparking a wider conflict.
A Small Town in Ghana Erupted in Violence. Were Jihadists Fueling the Fight?
NewLines / January 2023
In Bawku, where dozens have recently been killed, New Lines finds a long-running local power struggle to be the key driver of conflict
The protests may have stopped, but the embers of discontent continue to smoulder in Senegal
Equal Times / April 19, 2021
The sun was at its zenith when the throng of young men arrived at the gendarme station on the outskirts of the town of Diaobé in southern Senegal on Saturday 6 March. They blocked off the road with burning tyres, scaled the low walls ...
Ousmane Sonko’s support highlights waning separatist sentiment in Casamance
The Continent / March 12, 2021
Instead of preparing for another Monday as a school administrator, 36-year-old Hatousouaré Bodian began her week at the front of a crowd of hundreds of people, drumming on a calabash, facing off with armed soldiers.
COVID-19 in Kolda
Milken Institute / January 20, 2021
The region of Kolda in southern Senegal has largely been able to contain COVID-19 due to the region’s isolated geography, national policy decisions, and local pandemic preparedness.
The Latest Hub of Political Humor
Ozy / November 24, 2020
For two decades, the notoriously thin-skinned dictator Yahya Jammeh ruled Gambia with an iron fist, and mocking him meant trouble. A new generation of Gambian comedians is emerging after Jammeh’s ouster, poking fun at him and other leaders and setting new boundaries for political satire in the West African nation.
Gambia's Truth Commission
Africa is a Country / November 11, 2020
As some Gambians speak before the country's TRC, the testimonies create a space for their compatriots to express ideas about rights, dignity and social values.
Victims of Jammeh-Era Abuses in Gambia Turn to Overseas Courts for Justice
World Politics Review / November 10, 2020
Until the political winds change in Gambia, survivors of Yahya Jammeh’s atrocities say they will continue to look abroad for the justice they feel is being denied at home.
How Dangerous Speech Exacerbates Farmer-Herder Conflicts in Nigeria
Dangerous Speech Project - July 29, 2020
While famer-herder conflicts in Nigeria are rooted in highly local disagreements over access to natural resources, dangerous speech on social media has increasingly re-framed them as an existential threat to the entire nation, drawing more people into the conflict and deepening religious and ethnic divisions.