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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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April 18, 2018
Local and Traditional Leadership
Traditional Rulers Hold Real Power in Nigeria
Emir Muhammed Sanusi is more than a traditional religious leader and he enjoys much greater influence than do Indian maharajas today.
November 5, 2012
Sub-Saharan Africa
Boko Haram, Negotiations, and the Nigerian Federal Government
Jacob Zenn, of the Jamestown Foundation, had a response to my November 2nd post Boko Haram Offers Cease Fire Opportunity? He writes: “The "Abu Muhammed Ibn Abdulaziz" who spoke with the media seems …
November 5, 2015
Sub-Saharan Africa
Nigerian Religious Leaders Complain About Local Corruption
In countries where corruption has become “structural,” distorting much of daily life, it can assume very localized forms. A petition by thirty-two imams, deputy imams, and muezzins of certain mosques…
April 16, 2013
Sub-Saharan Africa
Boko Haram Recruitment Strategies
This is a guest post by Jacob Zenn, an analyst of African Affairs for the Washington D.C. based think tank, The Jamestown Foundation, and a contributor for the West Point CTC Sentinel. April 2013 m…
November 2, 2018
Nigeria
Dozens Reportedly Killed as Nigerian Military Fires on Shia Protesters
Between October 27 and 30, protesters from the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN), a Shia religious organization led by the pro-Iranian Sheikh Ibrahim el-Zakzaky, clashed with security services in and around Abuja, Nigeria’s capital. The IMN reported that Nigerian security services had killed at least forty of its members during the marches.
