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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 …

Maiduguri Relief
Blog Post by John Campbell Africa in Transition

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…

Nigeria's former military ruler Ibrahim Babangida waves to the crowd during a rally marking his official declaration for the presidential bid in the federal capital Abuja September 15, 2010.
Blog Post by John Campbell Africa in Transition

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…

Pro-Biafra Agitation
Blog Post by Guest Blogger for John Campbell Africa in Transition

January 15, 2013

Sub-Saharan Africa
Nigeria’s Role in the Mali Intervention

Nigeria–the giant of West Africa–could be expected to play an outsized role in the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) force to intervene in Mali. The commander of the force is Nigeria…

French soldiers refuel Armoured Personnel Carriers that were driven from Ivory Coast, at a Malian air base in Bamako 15/01/2013.
Blog Post by John Campbell Africa in Transition

December 11, 2002

Iraq
The Iraq Debate: Is War Worth the Price?

For immediate access to the full text of these articles, please go to http://www.foreignaffairs.org/previews/5129/ In the January/February 2003 Issue of Foreign Affairs..... THE IRAQ DEBATE:…

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