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October 17, 2011

Sub-Saharan Africa
Nigeria’s Committee on Post-Election Violence Reports to President Jonathan

A policeman stands guard near a ballot box at a polling unit before the start of parliamentary election in Surulere district in Nigeria's commercial capital Lagos April 9, 2011. (Akintunde Akinleye/C…

Nigeria’s Committee on Post-Election Violence Reports to President Jonathan

April 3, 2015

Sub-Saharan Africa
“Hard for Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan Not To Run in 2015—But Can he Win?”

That was the title of my December 20, 2013 post. It appeared in the aftermath of former president Olusegun Obasanjo’s highly critical letter to Jonathan cataloging the latter’s political failures, th…

Voting 2015 Nigeria

December 20, 2013

Sub-Saharan Africa
Hard for Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan Not to Run in 2015-But Can He Win?

Things are churning in Nigeria. There is the publication of former president Olusegun Obasanjo’s letter to President Goodluck Jonathan cataloging the latter’s political failures. There is Central Ban…

Africa - Nigeria political parties governors mapped 2

November 28, 2011

Sub-Saharan Africa
Nigeria President Goodluck Jonathan Praises Former Biafra Military Chief of State

Ex-Biafra military chief of state and former presidential candidate Emeka Odumegwu Ojukwu waves to All Progressive Grand Alliance supporters in Lagos, Nigeria during a general election rally February…

Nigeria President Goodluck Jonathan Praises Former Biafra Military Chief of State

March 11, 2014

Politics and Government
All the King’s Men: Goodluck Jonathan and Aliyu Mohammed Gusau

This is a guest post by Jim Sanders, a career, now retired, West Africa watcher for various federal agencies. The views expressed below are his personal views and do not reflect those of his former e…

New Chief of Naval Staff, Rear Admiral Usman O. Jibrin (centre seated L), and outgoing Vice Admiral Dele Joseph Ezeoba attend a handing over ceremony in Abuja January 20, 2014.

May 31, 2024

Myanmar
How Myanmar Became a Global Center for Cyber Scams

Organized crime groups in Southeast Asia have seized on Myanmar’s instability amid civil war to establish a string of scam centers engaged in global online fraud operations.