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West Africa articles on Democracy Chronicles

West Africa is a core region of democratic progress in the world and also a region where many of the challenges to better and more widespread world democracy are evident. West Africa here will include fifteen countries: Benin, Burkina Faso, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Togo. Nigerian content on Democracy Chronicles is so extensive, it won't be automatically included here, just click the link above. Also check out our section on World Democracy.

Ivory Coast’s Gbagbo Freed Under Conditions in Belgium

By DC Editors - February 7, 2019 Leave a Comment

Ivory Coast's Gbagbo Freed Under Conditions in Belgium

Ivory Coasts Gbagbo free under conditions in Belgium by International Criminal Court in The Hague on charges of crimes against humanity, court said Tuesday.

Filed Under: International Democracy Tagged With: Africa, Dictatorships, Europe, West Africa

Belgium Agrees to Take in Former Ivory Coast President Gbagbo

By DC Editors - February 3, 2019 Leave a Comment

Belgium Agrees to Take In Former Ivory Coast President

Belgium has agreed to take in former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo after his shock acquittal at the International Criminal Court.

Filed Under: International Democracy Tagged With: Africa, Europe, West Africa

Acquitted at ICC, Will Ivory Coast’s Gbagbo Return Home?

By DC Editors - February 2, 2019 Leave a Comment

Will Ivory Coast's Gbagbo, Acquitted at ICC, Return Home?

The acquittal at the ICC of Ivory Coast’s former President Laurent Gbagbo on crimes against humanity is making waves in the West African nation.

Filed Under: International Democracy Tagged With: Africa, West Africa

Top Ghana Investigative Journalist Ahmed Hussein Suale Killed

By DC Editors - January 24, 2019 Leave a Comment

Journalist Ahmed Hussein Suale

Top Ghana investigative journalist Ahmed Hussein-Suale killed. The act is signalling a dangerous twist to the fight against corruption in Ghana.

Filed Under: International Democracy Tagged With: Africa, Ghana, Journalism and Free Speech, Political Dissidents, West Africa, Worldwide Corruption

Lawyers Again Urge ICC to Release Ex-Ivory Coast President

By DC Editors - January 18, 2019 Leave a Comment

Lawyers Again Urge ICC to Release Ex-Ivory Coast President

Defense lawyers again urge for the immediate release of ex Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo and ex-government minister from detention at the ICC.

Filed Under: International Democracy Tagged With: Africa, West Africa

Journalist Who Exposed Ghana Soccer Corruption Shot Dead

By DC Editors - January 18, 2019 Leave a Comment

Journalist in Ghana Who Exposed Soccer Corruption Shot Dead

An investigative journalist in Ghana who helped expose a high-ranking official at world soccer body FIFA as corrupt was shot dead by gunmen on a motorbike.

Filed Under: International Democracy Tagged With: Africa, Ghana, Journalism and Free Speech, West Africa, Worldwide Corruption

Shockwaves in Ivory Coast After Gbagbo’s Acquittal by ICC

By DC Editors - January 16, 2019 Leave a Comment

Jubilation Among Gbagbo Supporters, but Rights Groups Lament Justice not Served

The International Criminal Court in a stunning decision on Tuesday acquitted former Ivorian president Laurent Gbagbo of war crimes charges.

Filed Under: International Democracy Tagged With: Africa, Dictatorships, Kenya, West Africa, Worldwide

Court Publishes Controversial 2019 Senegal Presidential Candidate List

By DC Editors - January 15, 2019 Leave a Comment

2019 Senegal Presidential Candidate List

Senegal’s constitutional court has approved five of 27 candidates who filed to run in the Feb. 24 presidential elections, rejecting two major opponents.

Filed Under: International Democracy Tagged With: Africa, Senegal, West Africa

Truth Commission on Jammeh Opens Hearings in Gambia

By DC Editors - January 9, 2019 Leave a Comment

Truth Commission on Jammeh Opens Hearings in Gambia

Two years after President Yahya Jammeh left power in Gambia, truth commission probes into abuses carried out during his more than two decades in power.

Filed Under: International Democracy Tagged With: Africa, Dictatorships, West Africa

Free from Dictator, Gambia’s Journalists Work to Win Trust

By DC Editors - January 2, 2019 Leave a Comment

Gambia's Journalists, Free from Dictator, Work to Win Trust

Journalists in Gambia launched a self-regulatory body they hope will offer legitimacy, and far more freedom, to media emerging from a dictatorship.

Filed Under: International Democracy Tagged With: Africa, Journalism and Free Speech, West Africa

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