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Over the last several decades, governments have collectively pledged to slow global warming. But despite intensified diplomacy, the world is already facing the consequences of climate…
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May 6, 2015
Sub-Saharan Africa
It Is Time for President Obama to Visit Nigeria
Up to now, President Barack Obama has never visited Nigeria. That has been appropriate given the country’s history of rigged elections and the government’s refusal to investigate credible reports of …
March 25, 2015
Sub-Saharan Africa
"Don’t Steal Nigeria’s Election"
In an era of instant analysis too often driven by the superficialities of the twenty-four hour news cycle, Jean Herskovits has published a thoughtful, detailed op-ed on Nigeria only a few days away f…
February 15, 2011
Sub-Saharan Africa
Obasanjo Fears for Nigeria
Party delegate and former president Olusegun Obasanjo attends the presidential primaries of the ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP) in Nigeria's federal capital Abuja January 13, 2011. (Afolabi So…
March 30, 2015
Sub-Saharan Africa
The Nigerian Elections–Before the Results
The Nigerian presidential polling, initially scheduled for Saturday, March 28, was extended in some areas to Sunday, March 29, because of technical glitches. Attahiru Jega, the Chairman of the Indepe…
February 22, 2012
Sub-Saharan Africa
Guest Post: Corruption’s Impact on Voting in Nigeria and Mexico
This is a guest post by Asch Harwood, the Council on Foreign Relations Africa program research associate. Follow him on Twitter at @aschlfod. John Campbell has regularly made the point that from 199…
