JOHANNESBURG--February 8, 2013--Written by Richard Finlayson, Senior International Editor for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--West Africa is experiencing the highest regional increase in risks to investors, according to risk analysis firm Maplecroft (Bath, England) in its fifth annual "Global Risks Atlas." Key factors that the report identified include increasing security risks from militant Islamists, poor governance and a burgeoning cross-border illicit economy.