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Nigeria Security Tracker Weekly Update: March 11-17This update represents violence in Nigeria and related to Boko Haram in Cameroon, Chad, and Niger from March 11 to March 17, 2023.
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Peter Obi and a Dream DeferredPeter Obi may have lost the Nigerian presidential election, but he and the movement he leads may yet win the political war.
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Zimbabwe Limps Toward ElectionsAn impenetrable electoral process in Zimbabwe breeds cynicism in the next generation of voters, to the peril of democracy efforts.
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Nigeria Security Tracker Weekly Update: March 4-10This update represents violence in Nigeria and related to Boko Haram in Cameroon, Chad, and Niger from March 4 to March 10, 2023.
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An Ever More Precarious Situation in DRCAs the Democratic Republic of Congo’s decades-long struggle with insecurity heats up, increased regional military engagement heightens risks.
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What Now for the Igbo?The Igbo political elite faces the challenge of transforming an unimpeachable moral argument into a winning political coalition.
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Nigeria Security Tracker Weekly Update: February 25-March 3This update represents violence in Nigeria and related to Boko Haram in Cameroon, Chad, and Niger from February 25 to March 3, 2023.
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The Lagos-New York-London Echo ChamberDesperate to will a preferred candidate to victory, Western journalists fell into a tunnel vision on Nigerian politics.
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Nigeria’s General Election, With Ebenezer ObadareEbenezer Obadare, the Douglas Dillon senior fellow for Africa studies at the Council, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss the results of Nigeria’s presidential election and their consequences.
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Nigeria’s Elections Risk Sowing Cynicism, MistrustPuzzling voter turnout numbers and process failures risk turning a frustrated population away from democratic expression.
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The Push to Conserve 30 Percent of the Planet: What’s at Stake?See how six countries are faring amid efforts to protect 30 percent of the planet’s land and waters by 2030, and what will be saved if they succeed.
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Women This Week: Iranian Schoolgirls Targeted by Poison AttacksWelcome to “Women Around the World: This Week,” a series that highlights noteworthy news related to women and U.S. foreign policy. This week’s post covers February 25 to March 3.
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Nigeria After the ElectionsCFR experts discuss Nigeria’s recent general elections, including the significance of voting delays and polling station attacks, the domestic policy challenges facing the new leader, and what the out…
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The United States Should Not Play Russia’s Game in AfricaIn the wake of reports of a Wagner Group plot in Chad, Washington should resist the urge to resurrect Cold War-era partnerships.
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German Chancellor Scholz Visits Washington, China’s Congress Convenes, Cambodian Opposition Leader On Trial, and MoreGerman Chancellor Olaf Scholz meets U.S. President Joe Biden to discuss U.S.-German security cooperation in NATO and in the Indo-Pacific; China’s National People’s Congress begins its legislative session; Cambodian opposition leader Kem Sokha awaits the verdict of his treason trial as Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen’s authoritarian grip tightens; and political tensions rise in Nigeria as the country reacts to Bola Tinubu’s presidential win.