Nigeria: Acts of Privation - Growing Hopelessness Among the Youth

Feeling stuck and unheeded, young Nigerians are increasingly resorting to all manner of desperate measures. Read more »

Nigeria: Religious Rumblings

Nigerians are increasingly frustrated with the Bola Tinubu administration, none more so than Nigerian Christians. Read more »

Africa: The False Promise of 'Afro Democracy'

Africa needs more liberal democracy, not less. Read more »

Nigeria: A Troubling Picture

Nigerians are increasingly frustrated at the growing disconnect between the political class and ordinary people. Read more »

Nigeria: Blood Money

When it comes to wealth transfer, Nigerian Pentecostal churches prefer to keep it all in the family. Read more »

Nigeria: Dependency Theory

The phenomenon of state-sponsored weddings across Nigeria's predominantly Muslim northern region raises pertinent questions on the limits of political benevolence. Read more »

Nigeria: In Search of Manhood

The genital disappearance panic sweeping across Nigeria evokes nagging anxiety over masculinity and male power. Read more »

Nigeria: Paper Truths and Counterfeit Lives

The furor over Nigerian President Bola Tinubu's academic records is less about his person and more about the character of Nigerian society. Read more »

Nigeria: An Army of Special Assistants for Top Level Office Holders

Why do public office holders in Nigeria increasingly appoint a large number of personal aides? Read more »

Africa: A Dispiriting High-Level Week at the UN as Leaders Devalue Democracy

Leaders devalue democracy under the guise of standing up to the West. Read more »

Africa: Further Downhill for African Democracy Efforts

Democracy is decidedly worse for wear in Africa following a set of sham elections in Zimbabwe and Gabon, with few bright spots in the upcoming electoral calendar. Read more »

Nigeria: The Rules of Obeisance

What various forms of bodily deportment can teach us about power and authority in Africa. Read more »

West Africa: The Rise of the Gangsta Militariat

The latest generation of African coupists offers definitive proof that the armed forces are the greatest victims of military rule. Read more »

West Africa: The Anti - Anti-Coup

The apparent success of the military coup in Niger bodes ill for democracy and stability in the Sahel and the rest of the continent. Read more »

Senegal: A Setback for Senegal

With news of the dissolution of Senegal's main opposition party, it is one step forward and two steps back for Senegalese democracy. Read more »

Africa: Pax Nigeriana

Nigeria should lead an Afro-Western alliance to flush out Niger's military junta and restore democracy in the country. Read more »

Niger: The Military Seizes Power in Niger

Pro-democracy forces must address the conditions that create fertile ground for coup d'états. Read more »

Nigeria: Bola Tinubu - A Reformer's Dilemma

Tinubu's macroeconomics gets a reality check from Nigeria's micropolitics. Read more »

Nigeria: Asset Stripping

What attitudes toward public infrastructure tell us about the state of the social contract in Nigeria. Read more »

Senegal: Power to the People

Senegalese leader's belated disavowal of a third term ambition is a win for the country's civil society and the region's prodemocracy coalition. Read more »

Sierra Leone: Addressing Election Integrity in Sierra Leone

With recent questions surrounding the June 24 election in Sierra Leone, international partners must reevaluate their response to seriously flawed elections. Read more »

Mali: Uncertain Future After Referendum

Last week, authorities in Mali announced that a constitutional referendum consolidating more power in the presidency and the military had been overwhelmingly approved by voters.… Read more »

Africa: Nigeria Should Raise Its Diplomatic Game and Lead the Continent

Nigeria should seize the opportunity to raise its diplomatic game and lead the continent from the front. Read more »

Nigeria: The Nigerian Conundrum

When an irresistible society meets an immovable state. Read more »

Nigeria: Not Their President

For the first time since the country's return to civil rule in 1999, Nigerian Pentecostals find themselves on the outside looking in. Read more »