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May 6, 2011

Nigeria
What We’re Watching in Africa This Week

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November 29, 2010

Nigeria
Nigeria: Northern Consensus Candidate?

Last week, the Northern Leadership Forum selected former vice president Atiku Abubakar as the North’s consensus candidate to run in the ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP) primary against the so…

Nigeria:  Northern Consensus Candidate?

April 8, 2014

Malaysia
Obama in Malaysia: A Strategic Partnership?

During his upcoming late April trip to Asia, President Obama will visit two nations in Southeast Asia, Malaysia and the Philippines, in addition to stops in Northeast Asia. The White House already ha…

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June 22, 2016

Sub-Saharan Africa
Nigerian Security Developments: Niger Delta Avengers, Boko Haram, and New Police Inspector General

International attention has been focused on the devaluation of the national currency, the naira, but there have been important security developments meanwhile. Militants, called the “Niger Delta Ave…

Nigerian Security Developments: Niger Delta Avengers, Boko Haram, and New Police Inspector General

July 24, 2014

Sub-Saharan Africa
Civil War within Islam in Nigeria

On July 23, there was an effort to murder two of Nigeria’s prominent Muslim leaders, Sheikh Dahiru Bauchi, a cleric with a large personal following, and Muhammadu Buhari, former head of state. The at…

National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) staff carry a body bag at the scene of a bombing at Alkali Road in Kaduna, July 23, 2014. (Stringer/Courtesy Reuters)