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NIAS Africa Weekly
IN FOCUS: Instability in Burkina Faso
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Africa Weekly
01 March 2022, Vol.1, No.1
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Contents
Instability in Burkina Faso: Five things to know
by Apoorva Sudhakar, Project Associate, NIAS
Africa: The anti-France sentiments in Mali and beyond
by Mohamad Aseel Ummer, Postgraduate Scholar, Central University of Kerala
Africa in Brief
by Apoorva Sudhakar, Anu Maria Joseph, Harshita Rathore, and Poulomi Mondal
Africa Weekly is the latest initiative under the NIAS Africa Studies at the Institute. As a part of the area studies, the Institute recently launched NIAS Africa Studies within the NIAS Science, Technology and International Relations programme.
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CWA # 626, 12 December 2021
Apoorva Sudhakar,
"Africa’s Stolen Future:Child abductions, lost innocence, and a glaring reflection of State failure in Nigeria,"
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