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Vol 64 No 2

Published 19th January 2023


The colonels and captains settle in

Beset by jihadist insurgents, the juntas in Mali and Burkina Faso are shakier than Guinea – but none offer long-term answers to their countries' problems

The military juntas running Mali, Guinea, and Burkina Faso – in place since August 2020, September 2021, and January 2022 respectively – are set, according to their own timetables, for transition to what the Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas) calls 'constitutional rule' between mid-2024 and early 2025.

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