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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

October 3, 2022

Foreign Policy
Lessons From History Series: The Legacy of the Truman Doctrine and Marshall Plan

In early 1947, Harry Truman announced that the United States would give assistance to countries under threat from authoritarian forces. Later that year, George C. Marshall addressed Harvard Universit…

Play Harry Truman and George C. Marshall
Virtual Event by Timothy Garton Ash, Mary Elise Sarotte, Benn Steil, and Jonathan Tepperman Lessons From History

March 10, 2020

Local and Traditional Leadership
How to Understand the Dethronement of an Islamic Ruler in Nigeria

On March 9, Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano state, through a unanimous vote of the Kano state executive council, dethroned Emir of Kano Lamido Sanusi. Soon after the vote, Sanusi was removed from …

Then-Emir of Kano Lamido Sanusi sits in white clothing with a sheer white vale and white turban, buttressed by a large, ornate, and maroon cushion, flanked by regalia.
Blog Post by John Campbell Africa in Transition

January 26, 2015

Sub-Saharan Africa
Nigeria Security Tracker: Weekly Update January 17-January 23

Below is a visualization and description of some of the most significant incidents of political violence in Nigeria from January 17, 2015 to January 23, 2015. These incidents will be included in the…

NST Tracker 1.10 to 1.16
Blog Post by John Campbell Africa in Transition

December 23, 2013

Sub-Saharan Africa
Presidents Obasanjo and Jonathan on the State of Nigeria

On December 2, former president Obasanjo sent a letter to President Goodluck Jonathan cataloguing the shortcomings of the latter’s administration. Eighteen pages in length, it is a thoroughgoing indi…

Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan and his wife Patience arrive for a dinner with the French President and other dignitaries as part of the Summit for Peace and Security in Africa at the Elysee Palace in Paris, December 6, 2013.
Blog Post by John Campbell Africa in Transition