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June 21, 2018

Nigeria
Loot From the Time of Sani Abacha Repatriated to Nigeria

Nigeria’s Minister of Justice and Attorney General Abubakar Malami said that Abuja has reached an agreement with a number of countries, including the United States, France, and the United Kingdom, for the repatriation of $500 million in looted public funds.

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November 26, 2013

Nigeria
Nigeria’s Sani Abacha: Where is the Loot?

The head of Nigeria’s last military government was Sani Abacha. Abacha, who was in power from 1993 to 1998 and who died under suspicious circumstances in 1998, is commonly regarded as Nigeria’s most …

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August 28, 2023

Niger
The Rise of the Gangsta Militariat

The latest generation of African coupists offers definitive proof that the armed forces are the greatest victims of military rule.

Burkina Faso's self-declared new leader Ibrahim Traore is pictured in an armored vehicle protected by men holding rifles.

September 11, 2023

Nigeria
The Rules of Obeisance

What various forms of bodily deportment can teach us about power and authority in Africa.

Former Deputy President of the Senate of Nigeria kneeling to greet former President Muhammad Buhari

November 14, 2023

Nigeria
A Troubling Picture

Nigerians are increasingly frustrated at the growing disconnect between the political class and ordinary people.

Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu waves to the crowd on the top of a ceremonial vehicle.

June 7, 2023

Nigeria
Not Their President

For the first time since the country’s return to civil rule in 1999, Nigerian Pentecostals find themselves on the outside looking in.

A Nigerian military helicopter is captured in the air with a Nigerian flag hanging from the bottom during the inauguration of Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu.