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June 5, 2020

Local and Traditional Leadership
In Bayelsa, Nigerian Government Response to COVID-19 Falls Short of Promises

In a recent editorial, Ereku argued that the COVID-19 pandemic showed how "grossly inadequate" all levels of government were at addressing the needs of rural people. He is writing from Yenagoa in Bayelsa state.

A picture of a road running through Swali market, likely taken from an overlook. The road is lined with solid-colored, large umbrellas. People are on the road. The market appears to be made of small shacks mostly creating one large, single-story, structure. In the distance to the right is the river. The sky is gray.
Blog Post by John Campbell Africa in Transition

August 6, 2013

Sub-Saharan Africa
Boko Haram’s Abubakar Shekau: Dead Again?

This is a guest post by Jacob Zenn, an analyst of African Affairs for the Washington D.C.-based think tank, The Jamestown Foundation, and a contributor to the West Point CTC Sentinel. On August 1, N…

A poster advertising for the search of Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau is pasted on a wall in Baga village on the outskirts of Maiduguri, in the north-eastern state of Borno May 13, 2013.
Blog Post by Guest Blogger for John Campbell Africa in Transition

January 23, 2012

Sub-Saharan Africa
Boko Haram Attacks Muslim Nigeria’s Preeminent City–Why?

The horrific Boko Haram attacks over the weekend in Kano have left over two hundred dead. The attacks were on police stations and the immigration office. Kano is Nigeria’s second largest city, with …

Policemen inspect a bomb site at the police headquarters in Nigeria's northern city of Kano January 22, 2012, after a bomb attack on Friday.
Blog Post by John Campbell Africa in Transition

May 1, 2012

Sub-Saharan Africa
Nigeria: Growing Panic following Bayero University Attack

On Sunday, a group of terrorists attacked Christians at worship services held in a lecture room and a sports complex at Bayero University in Kano. There are varying reports about the number killed an…

The wreckage of a car is pictured after a bomb blast in front of the office compound of Nigerian newspaper This Day in the northern city of Kaduna April 26, 2012.
Blog Post by John Campbell Africa in Transition

August 13, 2013

Sub-Saharan Africa
No U.S. Consular Facility in Northern Nigeria

Before Nigeria moved its capital from Lagos to Abuja in 1991, there was a U.S. consulate in Kaduna, the political and social capital of the former Northern Region during the colonial period. The city…

Nigeria's Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Viola Onwuliri (2nd L) greets U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton as she arrives at Abuja International Airport in Abuja August 9, 2012.
Blog Post by John Campbell Africa in Transition