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December 30, 2020
Nigeria
What’s Behind the Recent Student Abductions in Nigeria?
Abductions of hundreds of students in northwestern Nigeria are the latest examples of a common tactic among criminal and jihadi groups, underscoring that Boko Haram is far from the government’s only …
August 12, 2011
Sub-Saharan Africa
Comment on Ivory Coast, Disarmament, and the Dozos
A woman and child mount a motorcycle driven by a dozo who is among those monitoring the road between Man and Duékoué in western Côte d’Ivoire, July 2011. (Nancy Palus/Courtesy IRIN). I am republis…
December 29, 2020
COVID-19
Resurgence of COVID-19 in Africa
South Africa is once again the epicenter of the current wave of infections, driven, apparently, by a mutant strain of the virus. According to health experts, South Africa now accounts for an estimated 40 percent of COVID-19 cases in Africa.
December 28, 2020
Nigeria
Nigeria Security Tracker Weekly Update: December 19–25
This update represents violence in Nigeria and related to Boko Haram in Cameroon, Chad, and Niger from December 19 to December 25, 2020.
March 6, 2020
Sub-Saharan Africa
Africa Confronts Falling Oil Prices Amid Coronavirus
The new coronavirus has led to a slowdown in economic activity in China and East Asia more broadly. The global price of oil has now fallen to $53 a barrel. This is beginning to affect the oil-exporting countries of Africa. According to Africa Confidential, three-quarters of Nigeria’s and Angola’s oil production ear-marked for export in April is unsold. Similar deficits are reported from Chad, Republic of Congo, and Gabon.
