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International efforts, such as the Paris Agreement, aim to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. But experts say countries aren’t doing enough to limit dangerous global warming.
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May 28, 2013
Sub-Saharan Africa
Carrots and Sticks in Nigeria
President Jonathan announced last week that some “Boko Haram” captives will be released. The first will be women and children. The Jonathan administration is saying that the release is on the recomme…
December 29, 2009
Nigeria
Nigeria’s Leadership Vacuum
The leadership void caused by the illness of Nigerian President Umaru Yar’adua could lead to domestic upheaval and a succession crisis, writes CFR’s John Campbell.
August 24, 2011
Nigeria
Nigeria: The 2011 Elections, Justice Salami, and Judicial Review
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan (L) on July 9, 2011. (Benedicte Desrus/Courtesy Reuters) Nigerian president Goodluck Jonathan’s recent support of the National Judicial Council’s firing of the p…
October 2, 2018
Nigeria
Nigerian and U.S. Flooding Similar, Linked to Climate Change
Nigerians fear that flooding in October 2018 could be as bad as or worse than it was in 2012, when two million Nigerians were displaced and 363 died. In 2015, floods displaced 100,000 and led to 53 deaths. In 2016, 92,000 were displaced 38 died. In 2017, floods affected 250,000.
May 12, 2014
Sub-Saharan Africa
Nigerian Fecklessness Over the Kidnapped School Girls
Examples of the political ineptitude of Goodluck Jonathan’s administration over the kidnapping of the Chibok school girls keep piling up. The latest is a Leadership report of the police forcefully di…
