While West African countries present “some of the steepest declines in democracy,” USIP’s Oge Onubogu says there is “still an overwhelming support” for democratic governance among citizens in the region, which “presents a key opportunity for engagement between African leaders and this administration.”
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The U.S. reached an agreement with Niger’s military junta to close two military bases in the country in what amounts to a “tactical setback”...