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Nigeria Security Tracker Weekly Update: February 20–26Below is a visualization and description of some of the most significant incidents of political violence in Nigeria from February 20 to February 26, 2021. This update also represents violence related…
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Nigeria’s Internal Security ProblemNkasi Wodu, a New Voices Fellow at the Aspen Institute, is a lawyer, peacebuilding practitioner, and development expert based in Port Harcourt, Nigeria. The Nigerian minister of defense recently e…
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Nigeria's Vice President Speaks Plainly on Population and FoodNigeria's Vice President Yemi Osinbajo addressed on February 23 a UN Food Systems Summit organized by the Nigerian government in Abuja, the national capital. He was blunt about the country's food ins…
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The Democratic Republic of Congo is Back on the Front PageThe killing of the Italian ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and the lifting of U.S. Treasury sanctions against an Israeli businessman accused of mining-related corruption in the f…
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Tanzania’s COVID Denialism Harms its Economic FutureNolan Quinn is a research associate for the Council on Foreign Relations’ Africa Program. The COVID-19 pandemic has seen populist leaders the world over downplay the disease in apparent attempts t…
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U.S. Policy Toward Africa, with Landry SignéLandry Signé, senior fellow in the Global Economy and Development Program and the Africa Growth Initiative at the Brookings Institution, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss U.S. interests in Africa and the prospects for strategic cooperation between the United States and African countries. Signé’s most recent book is Unlocking Africa’s Business Potential: Trends, Opportunities, Risks, and Strategies.
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Nigeria Security Tracker Weekly Update: February 13–19Below is a visualization and description of some of the most significant incidents of political violence in Nigeria from February 13 to February 19, 2021. This update also represents violence related…
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New Report Shines Spotlight on Corruption in ZimbabweLast month, South Africa’s Daily Maverick newspaper published a damning exposé on corruption in Zimbabwe. The report, titled Cartel Power Dynamics in Zimbabwe [PDF], details off-the-books networks wo…
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Kidnapping and Ransom Payments in NigeriaOn February 17, a gang of "gunmen" kidnapped more than forty students, teachers, and administrators from a secondary school in Niger State. At least one student was killed. Niger State Governor Abuba…
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Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala: A Well-Qualified New Leader for the WTOWhen Robert Azevedo stepped down last year from the post of director general of the World Trade Organization (WTO), the trade body’s top leadership position, former Nigerian Finance Minister Ngozi Ok…
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Nigeria Security Tracker Weekly Update: February 6–12Below is a visualization and description of some of the most significant incidents of political violence in Nigeria from February 6 to February 12, 2021. This update also represents violence related …
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Nigeria's Enduring "Gold Wars"Fola Aina is a doctoral fellow at King’s College London. He is an international security analyst with expertise on peace and security in the Lake Chad region and the Sahel region. Nolan Quinn cont…
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Nigeria's Lekki Toll Gate Massacre Will Not Go AwayCivil organizations in Nigeria have thrown their support behind planned demonstrations on February 13 at the Lekki Toll Gate, the site of the October 20, 2020 killing of demonstrators calling for the…