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January 14, 2019
Philippines
Rodrigo Duterte: Fire and Fury in the Philippines: A Review
In the months before Brazil’s elections in October 2018, many experts both within and outside the country dismissed the possibility that Jair Bolsonaro, a former army captain and previously obscure f…
March 12, 2015
Sub-Saharan Africa
Mercenaries in Nigeria
Reuters reported early Thursday that the Abuja government is using foreign mercenaries in the struggle against Boko Haram. They cite a security source as saying that each mercenary is paid $400 per d…
November 7, 2011
Sub-Saharan Africa
Boko Haram Attacks Escalate in Northern Nigeria
Nigerian police patrol as people attend prayers marking the muslim festival of Eid al-Adha in the capital Abuja, November 6, 2011. (Afolabi Sotunde/Courtesy Reuters) An alleged spokesman for norther…
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…
