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  Skilled Workforce: A New Rush Towards Africa? 29/07/2025

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  The article, written by Gado Alzouma, examines the global “war for talent” and Africa’s growing role in it. Faced with aging populations and declining...

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  Country : Cameroon , Niger , Nigeria , Senegal , Benin , Ghana

  Organizations : WATHI
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Academic analysis and Think Tank / Governance,
Skilled Workforce: A New Rush Towards Africa? 29/07/2025
Summary :
The article, written by Gado Alzouma, examines the global “war for talent” and Africa’s growing role in it. Faced with aging populations and declining birth rates, industrialized countries are stepping up efforts to attract highly skilled foreign workers. Africa, with a median age of 19.7 and rapid demographic growth, has become a strategic labor pool. The author highlights reforms in Germany, France, the UK, Canada, Japan, and others to ease the entry of African talent. While this trend creates opportunities, it also accelerates brain drain, weakening Africa’s competitiveness, research, and innovation capacity. The piece concludes that African nations must build strong economies and create attractive jobs to retain their best-trained citizens, or risk continuing to fuel the development of other regions instead of their own.
Keywords :
Migration, Youth, EMPLOYMENT
Organizations :
WATHI
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• Policy brief / Governance, Resilience,

  THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE END OF USAID FUNDING IN WEST AFRICA AND THE LAKE CHAD BASIN: A CASE STUDY FROM CAMEROON 03/03/2026

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  This policy brief examines the consequences of the suspension of funding from the United States Agency for International Development in Cameroon, amid...

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  Country : Cameroon , Chad , Nigeria , Central African Republic

  Organizations : RECAP Network – Research & Action for Peace
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Policy brief / Governance, Resilience,
THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE END OF USAID FUNDING IN WEST AFRICA AND THE LAKE CHAD BASIN: A CASE STUDY FROM CAMEROON 03/03/2026
Summary :
This policy brief examines the consequences of the suspension of funding from the United States Agency for International Development in Cameroon, amid security crises linked to Boko Haram and internal conflicts. In 2023, U.S. assistance accounted for a substantial share of foreign aid to Cameroon, particularly in the health sector. The abrupt withdrawal in 2025 led to project closures, mass layoffs, and shortages of essential medicines, especially for HIV and malaria programs. Vulnerable populations—including refugees, internally displaced persons, and children—have been the most affected, with malaria-related mortality rising again. However, the funding suspension is also seen as an opportunity to rethink structural dependence on external aid, promote localization, diversify partnerships (EU, BRICS, private foundations), and strengthen domestic investment in health in line with the Abuja Declaration. The brief concludes with strategic recommendations to enhance resilience and sustainability in humanitarian and development sectors.
Keywords :
Youth, Health, Crisis, EMPLOYMENT
Organizations :
RECAP Network – Research & Action for Peace
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• Journal article / Security and human rights,

  Researching migration in West Africa: A systematic and reflexive review 12/11/2025

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  This article offers a systematic and reflexive review of 656 publications (1958–March 2022) on intra-West African migration, sourced from Scopus using...

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  Country : Burkina Faso , Gambia , Mali , Senegal , Togo , Guinea , Ghana , Guinea-Bissau , Cape Verde

  Organizations : Comparative Migration Studies (SpringerOpen / Springer Nature)
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Journal article / Security and human rights,
Researching migration in West Africa: A systematic and reflexive review 12/11/2025
Summary :
This article offers a systematic and reflexive review of 656 publications (1958–March 2022) on intra-West African migration, sourced from Scopus using PRISMA and Mayring’s qualitative content analysis. It documents a sharp rise in output since the 2000s, with research clustered on Ghana and Nigeria, followed by Senegal, Mali, and Burkina Faso. Dominant topics are work/labour, social/family relations, and ethnicity/identity, while environment and climate change have recently gained traction. Studies focus more on outcomes than drivers of migration and tend to privilege urban destinations (the “urban trap”). Women and youth remain underrepresented, and translocal approaches are still uncommon. In terms of knowledge production, authors’ affiliations are predominantly in the US and Europe, reflecting postcolonial hierarchies; the authors call for decolonizing research agendas and strengthening West Africa-based scholarship.
Keywords :
Migration, Gender, Climate change, Environment, Youth, Women
Organizations :
Comparative Migration Studies (SpringerOpen / Springer Nature)
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• Podcast / Governance,

  Strengthening the cognitive resilience of youth, fostering critical thinking, and negotiating with “Big Tech 03/11/2025

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  In his WATHI column, Harouna Drabo warns about the growing threat of disinformation and foreign influence operations in West Africa, especially amid o...

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  Country : Burkina Faso , Cameroon , Mali , Niger , Ivory Coste

  Organizations : WATHI
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Podcast / Governance,
Strengthening the cognitive resilience of youth, fostering critical thinking, and negotiating with “Big Tech 03/11/2025
Summary :
In his WATHI column, Harouna Drabo warns about the growing threat of disinformation and foreign influence operations in West Africa, especially amid ongoing political instability and repeated coups. The region’s young, hyperconnected population has become a prime target for online manipulation campaigns. Drabo argues for strengthening the cognitive resilience of youth through education in critical thinking, source verification, and media literacy. He advocates a systemic, multi-stakeholder response involving the media, civil society, public institutions, and digital platforms. Regional organizations such as ECOWAS and the African Union should take the lead in building African digital sovereignty and negotiating with Big Tech to ensure fair content regulation and information security across the continent.
Keywords :
Sovereignty, Youth, Numérique, Disinformation
Organizations :
WATHI
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