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The West African sub-region has largely been defined by different shades of conflicts where man-made risks and hazards advertently or inadvertently become the definitive symbols of daily life in Africa’sAfrica most populous sub-region. As some scholars observed, most West Africans, now live in a risk society (Alpes, Brokering High-Risk Migration and Illegality in West Africa, Routledge, 2016; Beck, U. (1992). Risk Society: Towards a New Modernity. Sage.; Siaplay, M., & Werker, E. (2023). Will Rising Insecurity Erase West Africa’s Economic Development Gains? Brookings Institute. https://www.brookings.edu/articles/will-rising-insecurity-erase-west-africas-economic-development-gains/ ; Zouri, International Economics 165:121–139, 2021), an epicentre of conflicts (Sawyer in Journal of Modern African Studies, 42:437–463, 2004), terrorism and insurgency (Oyewole, Strategic Analysis 39:428–432, 2015), and recently, a corridor belt of coup d’états (Walsh, 2023; Engels in Review of African Political Economy, 50:147–153, 2023).

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Introduction: Media, Conflicts, and the National Security Question

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    2025年

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  • Abiodun Adeniyi,
  • Paul A. Obi,
  • Sani K. Usman,
  • Ibrahim U. Yusuf

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The West African sub-region has largely been defined by different shades of conflicts where man-made risks and hazards advertently or inadvertently become the definitive symbols of daily life in Africa’sAfrica most populous sub-region. As some scholars observed, most West Africans, now live in a risk society (Alpes, Brokering High-Risk Migration and Illegality in West Africa, Routledge, 2016; Beck, U. (1992). Risk Society: Towards a New Modernity. Sage.; Siaplay, M., & Werker, E. (2023). Will Rising Insecurity Erase West Africa’s Economic Development Gains? Brookings Institute. https://www.brookings.edu/articles/will-rising-insecurity-erase-west-africas-economic-development-gains/ ; Zouri, International Economics 165:121–139, 2021), an epicentre of conflicts (Sawyer in Journal of Modern African Studies, 42:437–463, 2004), terrorism and insurgency (Oyewole, Strategic Analysis 39:428–432, 2015), and recently, a corridor belt of coup d’états (Walsh, 2023; Engels in Review of African Political Economy, 50:147–153, 2023).