BY CALEB WEISS June 16, 2021 Map of jihadist attacks inside Ivory Coast since 2016. Map made by Caleb Weiss for FDD’s Long War Journal. Since late March of this year, northern Ivory Coast has been subject to a substantial increase in jihadist attacks. This includes the country’s first known instances of improvised explosive devices (IEDs). […]
By Oriol Puig 15 Jun 2021 The recent events in the Spanish enclave of Ceuta may have suggested otherwise, but (most of) Africa does not yearn to come to Europe, writes Oriol Puig. The recent events in the Spanish enclave of Ceuta may have suggested otherwise, but (most of) Africa does not yearn to come to […]
By Emile Kouton AFP, June 16, 2021 A very quiet Togo-Benin border crossing at Hillacondji When the global pandemic forced Togo’s government to close its land borders, taxi driver Kossigan lost his lucrative business ferrying people across the frontier. Now like many others who lived off frontier trade, he is still waiting for the Togo’s […]
Spain is planning to include its African enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla in the borderless Schengen Area, the Spanish Foreign Minister Arancha Gonzalez revealed at the beginning of this week, on Tuesday, June 16. Her statements came after the Spanish Secretary of State for the European Union, Juan González-Barba said a week ago, on June […]
By Anna Schaverien Published May 5, 2021Updated May 7, 2021 A marker that was moved seven feet into French territory by a farmer in Belgium might have changed the countries’ border forever if not for a sharp-eyed group of friends. A stone, carved with the year 1819, marks the border between France and Belgium. It was recently moved […]
Eye Gambia, May 4, 2021 Richard Kwame Krah With the growing campaign for African unity, more and more countries keep taking collective actions to open connections with each other and trade with ease. With Africa Beyond Borders, we track initiatives or projects on the continent that promotes integration; in this version, we take a look […]
Imagine a World Without Borders BY TODD MILLER Yes! Magazine, MAY 4, 2021 IMAGE BY JAPATINO/GETTY IMAGES Walls and fences at national borders enforce inequality, racial divides, and climate catastrophe. But most of them began as invisible lines in the sand. For decades, Todd Miller has reported on borders and the conflicts they create. In his […]
