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Al Jazeera
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Ope Adetayo

The good, bad, and the ugly: West Africa’s big issues in 2022

Leaders from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) pose during an extraordinary summit to discuss a proposal by transitional authorities in Mali to delay elections and return constitutional rule, in Accra, Ghana on January 9, 2022. Ange Servais Mahouena/ Reuters]

Lagos, Nigeria – This year has been a generally turbulent one for West Africa – with a few bright spots.

Just as the region was recovering from the post-COVID-19 economic fallout of 2020, Russia invaded Ukraine in February.

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