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June 12, 2020

Nigeria
Bandit and Jihadi Attacks Span Northern Nigeria

On June 10, an estimated 150 bandits killed fifteen-seven people across six villages in Katsina state. Thirty-three of the victims were from the village of Kadisau and, according to a resident, they rustled two hundred head of cattle and looted every shop

A boy rides his bike on a dirt road, with other people in the background, by the site of Mallam Nigas’s Islamic school and rehabilitation center, which was raided by police last week.
Blog Post by John Campbell and Jack McCaslin Africa in Transition

June 17, 2019

Digital Policy
Can a Divided World Cope With the Risks of the Digital Revolution?

A new UN report on digital cooperation could fall on deaf ears in a period of intense global technology competition. 

An engineer stands under a base station antenna in Huawei's SG178 multi-probe spherical near-field testing system at its Songshan Lake Manufacturing Center in Dongguan, China, on May 30, 2019.
Blog Post by Stewart M. Patrick The Internationalist

June 3, 2020

Nigeria
Recent Flare Up in Violence Across Northwestern Nigeria

Some five hundred "bandits" on motocycles attacked a village (or perhaps several villages) in Katsina State in northwest Nigeria over May 30 and 31. They made off with "thousands" of livestock, likely cattle, and killed 18 villagers and a local headman.

Three soldiers walk on a dirt road with rifles. In the background, armored troop carriers drives on the dirt road along a wall with trees further down the road.
Blog Post by John Campbell and Jack McCaslin Africa in Transition

April 28, 2020

Local and Traditional Leadership
How Nigeria Has Responded to COVID-19 So Far

As of April 29, Nigeria has recorded over 1,300 cases, with 40 deaths attributed to COVID-19. Nigeria’s coronavirus spread had been concentrated in Abuja, Lagos, and Ogun state, the latter effectively a suburb of Lagos. Those three areas have been under lockdown since March 30, with an announcement by President Buhari to begin easing some restrictions beginning on May 4.

Men load sacks of rice, which have the words "COVID-19: Palliative for the Vulnerable People" plastered on them, among other food aid in a truck, to be distributed for those affected by procedures taken to curb the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Abuja, Nigeria, on April 17, 2020.
Blog Post by John Campbell and Jack McCaslin Africa in Transition

September 18, 2018

United States
Happy 71st Birthday to the U.S. Air Force!

The United States Air Force marks seventy-one years of service.

Air Force Birthday 2018
Blog Post by James M. Lindsay The Water's Edge