Alliance of Sahel States

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30 April 2026

The Democracy of the Strongest Is Always the Best: The Eighteenth Newsletter (2026)

Had Thomas Sankara not been assassinated in 1987 and been allowed to advance Burkina Faso’s development, perhaps the Sahel would have followed his example a generation ago – and things might look very different today.

Class Struggle and Climate Catastrophe in the Sahel

In the Sahel, growing conflict is rooted in class struggle, shaped by imperialist extraction, and intensified by the climate catastrophe.

New Symbols for a New Sovereignty: Sahel Benkan

The renewed struggle for sovereignty in the Sahel has been marked by advances in the cultural sphere, with new symbols to signal the break from neocolonialism.

14 August 2025

Thomas Sankara’s Legacy is Alive in the Sahel: The Thirty-Third Newsletter (2025)

Burkina Faso has been trapped in neocolonial underdevelopment for nearly all of its post-independence history – can the new government of Ibrahim Traoré follow in Thomas Sankara’s footsteps and change course?