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May 24, 2013

Sub-Saharan Africa
Mapping the Nigerian State of Emergency

Emily Mellgard coauthored this post. Emily is the Africa research associate at the Council on Foreign Relations. Information about the state of emergency in the three northern Nigerian states of Bor…

Soldiers from Lagos, part of an expected 1,000 reinforcements sent to Adamawa state to fight Boko Haram Islamists, walk near trucks as they arrive with the 23rd Armoured Brigade in Yola May 20, 2013.

November 24, 2015

Nigeria Security Tracker: Weekly Update November 14-November 20

Below is a visualization and description of some of the most significant incidents of political violence in Nigeria from November 14, 2015 to November 20, 2015. This update also represents violence …

NST Tracker 1.10 to 1.16

April 18, 2011

Nigeria
Nigeria: Presidential Elections

Barricades burn on a street, after the release of the presidential election results, in Kano, northern Nigeria April 18, 2011. (Afolabi Sotunde/Courtesy Reuters) In a First Take published today on C…

Nigeria: Presidential Elections

April 4, 2011

Nigeria
Nigeria--Also Cote d’Ivoire

Electoral officers unload election materials from a vehicle at the INEC building in northern city of Kano. (Joe Penney/Courtesy Reuters) On Saturday, after voting in some areas was already underway,…

Nigeria--Also Cote d’Ivoire

March 24, 2014

Sub-Saharan Africa
Fireworks During White House Meeting of Northern Nigerian Governors

On March 18, governors from Nigeria’s north and Middle Belt met with U.S. National Security Advisor Susan Rice and other U.S. officials at the White House. The governors come from states where econom…

Kwire-Mana, Kpafrato II, Homun Honest Stephen (R), receives his staff of office from Adamawa State Governor, Murtala Nyako, during a presentation ceremony at Makwada Square in Numan, Adamawa state, December 7, 2013.