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January 21, 2011

Sub-Saharan Africa
Nigeria’s Goodluck Jonathan Gets the PDP Nomination

As the Giant of Africa now turns its attention to country-wide presidential elections, the contest is shaping up to be dangerous and destabilizing, pitting a Christian candidate against a Muslim cand…

Blog Post by John Campbell Africa in Transition

October 17, 2011

Sub-Saharan Africa
Nigeria’s Committee on Post-Election Violence Reports to President Jonathan

A policeman stands guard near a ballot box at a polling unit before the start of parliamentary election in Surulere district in Nigeria's commercial capital Lagos April 9, 2011. (Akintunde Akinleye/C…

Nigeria’s Committee on Post-Election Violence Reports to President Jonathan
Blog Post by John Campbell Africa in Transition

April 3, 2015

Sub-Saharan Africa
“Hard for Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan Not To Run in 2015—But Can he Win?”

That was the title of my December 20, 2013 post. It appeared in the aftermath of former president Olusegun Obasanjo’s highly critical letter to Jonathan cataloging the latter’s political failures, th…

Voting 2015 Nigeria
Blog Post by John Campbell Africa in Transition

March 15, 2024

United States
Election 2024: Joe Biden Opposes the Sale of U.S. Steel to Nippon Steel

Each Friday, I look at what the presidential contenders are saying about foreign policy. This Week: Joe Biden doesn’t want one of America’s closest allies to buy a once iconic American company.

Steel
Blog Post by James M. Lindsay The Water's Edge

December 20, 2013

Sub-Saharan Africa
Hard for Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan Not to Run in 2015-But Can He Win?

Things are churning in Nigeria. There is the publication of former president Olusegun Obasanjo’s letter to President Goodluck Jonathan cataloging the latter’s political failures. There is Central Ban…

Africa - Nigeria political parties governors mapped 2
Blog Post by John Campbell Africa in Transition