Esso Wedeou Gnamke

The year is off to an uncertain start In West Africa as several nations prepare for elections amid tension and instability.

The scheduled presidential elections in Togo should not overshadow the need to hold local elections, which have not taken place since 1986

The role of Burkina Faso’s former president in the West African region is hard to define, but the political vacuum he leaves cannot be ignored.

Will the politico-institutional deadlock in Togo transform the 2015 election into a non-event?