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October 13, 2017
Local and Traditional Leadership
Powerful Rhetoric Gives Insight Into Biafran Independence Narratives
The still unknown whereabouts of Namdi Kanu, a leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has led to public exchanges that provide insight into the mindset of at least some of Biafra's support…
August 11, 2021
Nigeria
Biafran Separatist Group Issues a Stay-at-Home Order
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has ordered residents of Nigeria’s South East region—largely Igbo-dominated areas of the former Biafra, the break-away territory that tried and failed to establish an independent state during the 1967-70 civil war—to stay at home every Monday until their leader, Nnamdi Kanu, is released from jail.
May 3, 2023
United Kingdom
Is the Commonwealth Under King Charles III Still Relevant?
The coronation of King Charles, the sovereign of the Commonwealth, calls into question the role of the British monarch on the world stage.
June 19, 2015
What’s Worth Reading This Summer?
CFR.org editor Bob McMahon and I sat down yesterday to record the annual summer reading episode of CFR’s “The World Next Week” podcast. Our good friend and colleague, Janine Davidson, joined us for t…
June 26, 2023
Climate Change
Adapting to Wildfires in a Warming World
Recent wildfires in Canada and California offer a preview of a world made far more dangerous by climate change, one in which smoke and fire exact an ever-increasing toll on public health and the econ…
