Transitional Stages and Constitutional Contexts in West African Countries: Evaluating the Complex Relationship (2010 – 2023)

Abstract:
 The “transitional stages” are considered one of the most difficult political struggles experienced by any country that has been exposed to crises in governance, and experiences have shown that these stages always come with consequences. They will either devastate the state or it may be a lifeline to return to normal political life, as all of this depends on the good management of the transitional period.
The transitional phase becomes more difficult in countries with a complex social, racial, and ethnic composition, such as the countries of the West African region, as this region has recently witnessed political and security tensions that forced it to enter transitional phases. The countries of Mali, Chad, Burkina Faso, and Guinea are simultaneously going through transitional phases as an inevitable result of coups. The military coups make it vulnerable to foreign intervention dictates that try to impose transitional stages according to their perceptions, thereby eliminating the privacy of the countries and societies of the region.
Based on the above the subject of the study addresses the following problem: To what extent are the transitional stages responsive and adherent to the constitutional frameworks in West African countries?
The study was divided into two axes:
 -The first axis is the lack of constitutional cover for the transitional stages in West African countries.
 -The second axis is managing and analyzing the transitional stages in West African countries.