Bettina Engels

Pan-Africanism Reimagined? Burkina Faso, Ibrahim Traoré and the Confederation of the Sahel States

Abstract Ibrahim Traoré, president of Burkina Faso since 2022, is a controversial figure: some view him as a leading figure of decolonisation, national sovereignty, and Pan-Africanism; others accuse him of authoritarianism and repression of civil society and the media. The articl...