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October 22, 2013

Nigeria
Boko Haram Terror on Northern Nigeria’s Highways

Drew Hinshaw in the Wall Street Journal reports Boko Haram terror on the four hundred-mile long highway between Kano (northern Nigeria’s largest city) and Maiduguri (the Northeast’s largest city). He…

Africa - Women in Road in Northern Nigeria

August 25, 2011

Japan
The Race to Replace Kan

Japan's Prime Minister Naoto Kan bows to the national flag as he arrives for a news conference at his official residence in Tokyo April 1, 2011 (Issei Kato/Courtesy Reuters). The Democratic Party of…

Japan’s Prime Minister Naoto Kan bows to the national flag as he arrives for a news conference at his official residence in Tokyo April 1, 2011.

March 9, 2011

Elections and Voting
Nigeria Election Polling

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January 22, 2013

Sub-Saharan Africa
Boko Haram and Nigerian Military Abuses in the North

Mali and Algeria have largely driven Nigeria out of the headlines over the past several days, except with respect to Nigerian troop commitments to the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWA…

 Members of a local Islamic group sit after their arrest in Kano, Nigeria 28/07/2009.

December 17, 2014

Sub-Saharan Africa
Nigerians Impressed: the All Progressives Congress Convention

This is a guest post by Jean Herskovits, research professor of African history at SUNY-Purchase. Dr. Herskovits has been watching Nigeria’s politics at first hand for decades. She visits frequently, …

APC Elections