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May 15, 2013
Nigeria
Escaping Nigeria’s Cycle of Violence
A state of emergency in Nigeria’s northeast signals that Islamist violence and the government’s brutal response have rendered the region ungovernable, says CFR’s John Campbell.
February 18, 2015
Sub-Saharan Africa
A Way Out of Nigeria’s Political Crisis?
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has broken with President Goodluck Jonathan’s Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in favor of the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC). This move, along with numer…
January 30, 2015
Sub-Saharan Africa
Musings About Nigeria’s Boko Haram and Maiduguri
Maiduguri is the capital of Borno state and is the metropole of northeastern Nigeria. It has a federal university and an international airport, co-located with a Nigerian air force base. On the edge …
February 21, 2012
Sub-Saharan Africa
Babangida and Boko Haram
The bad relations between former strongman, military general, and head of state Ibrahim Babangida (IBB) and President Goodluck Jonathan are yet another sign of the breakdown of elite bargaining, whic…
February 2, 2016
Sub-Saharan Africa
Nigeria’s Pro-Biafra Agitation: A Mix of Crisis and Opportunity
This is a guest post by Carl Unegbu. Carl is a Nigerian-born American lawyer and journalist. He lives in New York City. Nigeria’s old Biafra problem has reared its head again and with it, the spec…
