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July 20, 2022

Somalia
Stranded Somali Soldiers Raise Questions About Horn Alliances

Eritrean interests may be better served than those of Ethiopia and Somalia.

Members of Somalia's military officers parade during the handover ceremony of the newly elected President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud

October 24, 2022

Sudan
Sudan's Coup: One Year Later

Despite military officials seizing power from the transitional government one year ago, Sudanese citizens continue to mobilize for a democratic future. 

Carrying colorful posters and Sudan's green, red, black, and white striped flag, protesters march at an anti-coup rally in Khartoum, Sudan.

October 28, 2016

Sub-Saharan Africa
Reduced Airline Service to Nigeria?

Quartz is reporting that Emirates airlines is considering pulling out of Nigeria. It is already cutting its twice-daily flights to Lagos and Abuja from Dubai to once a day to Lagos only, starting at …

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September 7, 2022

Kenya
What Next for Kenya?

Now affirmed by the Supreme Court, the Ruto administration will have campaign promises put to the test.

A group of supporters of Kenya's President-elect William Ruto hold yellow campaign signs as they celebrate his win being upheld by the Supreme Court.

May 26, 2022

Nigeria
Reaction to “Blasphemy” Killing Illustrates Complicated Role of Religion in Nigeria’s Democratic Transition

Horrendous killing of college sophomore highlights the country’s ethnoreligious fault line, but interdenominational rivalry in the south is of no less moment. All in all, reactions to the murder of Ms. Deborah Yakubu, a 200-level home economics student of the Shehu Shagari College of Education in Sokoto, have exposed Nigeria’s deepest political fractures and lingering questions over citizenship, national identity, and secularity. On May 12, following disagreement over a WhatsApp voice note deemed to have been blasphemous against Islam and Prophet Muhammad, a mob comprising some of the twenty-two-year-old’s schoolmates brutally clubbed and stoned her to death, after which they proceeded to incinerate her body.

Pastor lectures with a microphone and gestures with his arm wearing a formal attire.