The just released Nigeria 2021 Human Rights Report confirms what observers and rights advocates already know about the Nigerian state’s execrable human rights record and the increasingly dismal daily experience of Nigerians. Released annually since 1977 by the United States Department of State, the Country Reports on Human Rights Practices are a critical gauge of the human rights situation across the world.

Founded as a loose confederation of states in 1945, the Arab League has struggled to overcome dysfunction and disunity among its members.

The region is accustomed to cycles of protest and political upheaval, so it’s better not to bank on successful revolutions.

When conventional tools of resistance have failed or been compromised, humor has been a weapon of last resort for the African subaltern.