![]() There were also attempted coups in Guinea Bissau and The Gambia. The military government which came to power via an August 2020 coup, blamed an unnamed Western nation. In September, disenchanted soldiers broke ranks and overthrew Burkina Faso’s military government installed in January, a move widely described as a “coup within a coup”.Įlsewhere in Mali, a coup was thwarted. (Al Jazeera) Coups plotters and rebelsĪ trend of coups that began in 2020 in the region once infamously known as “the coup belt”, continued this year. In Nigeria, thousands of homes were destroyed, 1.3 million others were displaced and more than 600 people were left dead.Ĭlimate change has also exacerbated worrying levels of food insecurity in the region with many farmlands submerged from Nigeria to Chad. More than 5.5 million people were affected. Torrential rainfalls which experts attribute to climate change triggered widespread floods in Nigeria, Ghana, Liberia, Niger and Senegal. ![]() The returns mark the beginning of a positive arc for West African countries clamouring for the return of cultural treasures looted during the days of slavery and colonialism. In the nearby Benin Republic, artefacts returned by France in 2021 went on display for the first time. London’s Horniman Museum has also agreed to return 72 of the bronzes stolen during the pillaging of the old Benin empire in 1897. This year, US, Germany and the UK began to do so. Protesters shout as they face riot police during anti-government protests in Freetown, Sierra Leone Aug Return of stolen artįor decades, West African nations have demanded the return of artefacts looted by former colonial powers. Ghana’s cedi became the worst-performing currency against the dollar in 2022 and inflation reached a 21-year high of 40 percent, leading to the International Monetary fund ( IMF) granting it a $3bn loan bailout. In November, Senegal had to release $762m to tackle soaring living costs and put price caps on essential goods. Twenty-one protesters and six police officers died in the protests. In Sierra Leone, economic woes led to street protesters demanding President Julius Bio step down. In November, Nigeria’s inflation rate hit a 17-year-high of 21.47 percent and the number of people living in poverty rose to 133 million, or 63 percent of the population, according to the National Bureau of Statistics. Here are 10 of the top issues that defined the socio-political landscape across West Africa in 2022. West Africa, with its fair share of domestic troubles, was also impacted. ![]() That led to a global disruption in the supply of certain commodities including wheat, causing a collapse for many economies worldwide. Keep reading list of 4 items list 1 of 4 ‘We barely make ends meet’: In Italy, some women are postponing motherhood list 2 of 4 Is the world capable of stopping a climate apocalypse? list 3 of 4 COP28 Dubai is over: Four key highlights from the UN climate summit list 4 of 4 Argentina’s Milei starts shock therapy by devaluing peso by 50 percent end of list
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