Col. Festus Aboagye warns against ‘outsourcing’ African security following US airstrikes in Nigeria

In a searing analysis of the changing security dynamics in West Africa, renowned security expert and retired diplomat Colonel Festus Aboagye (Rtd) has warned that the recent U.S. kinetic intervention in Nigeria could signal a dangerous slide toward neocolonial dependency. In a policy paper dated December 28, 2025, titled Regional Security at the Brink: U.S. Distributed […]