Africa Monitor Intelligence

Guinea-Bissau: ECOWAS Membership at Risk

The company of Nigerian soldiers deployed to the ECOWAS Stabilization and Security Mission in Guinea-Bissau (MSSGB), originally providing security for the presidential palace, remains in the country beyond the initially stipulated deadline (2024). The presence of this force is a cause for concern within the Junta, including as a kind of "bridgehead" for an intervention described as "muscular" by ECOWAS. READ MORE