International Affairs Archives

COVID 19 Pandemic Africans used to test drugs

Echoes of History COVID Vaccine Tests in Africa

Muzz MuhammadJune 5, 2020

That African bodies have been used to test drugs intended for Western markets and consumers is not fiction or conspiracy; it is a historical fact. Read more.

June/July 2020Special Focus: COVID-19

Deep Unlearning? AI and Africa’s Struggling Public Institutions

Victor FamubodeMay 29, 2020

Although Africa falls behind in institutional capacity, countries on the continent can begin to create AI strategies that align with their values. Read more.

April/May 2020

The Resurgence of Ansaru Nigeria’s Silent Enemy

Abdullahi MurtalaMay 18, 2020

The re-emergence of Ansaru, after some years of inactivity, is perhaps an opportunity for the Nigerian state to reassess its strategy towards the war on terror.

April/May 2020

Putting the Cart before the Horse? The Problem with a Currency Union for West Africa

Oluwaseyi VincentMay 11, 2020

Despite the modest success of their previous attempts at improving regional trade and integration, West African governments are considering turning ECOWAS into a monetary union and adopting a single currency managed by a single central bank.

April/May 2020

This photo is for our post on Nigeria's global status

‘Tragedy Set-in in the Late 70s’ Readers Debate Nigeria’s Global Status

The RepublicApril 25, 2020

'Is Nigeria losing its global status? Absolutely. It is sad that we have to come to engage in discussions that question the global status of this country.'

April/May 2020Debates

Algeria protests in the midst of coronavirus pandemic.

Algeria’s Indefinite Pause What Will COVID-19 Mean for Algeria’s Year-long Protests?

Temi IbirogbaApril 20, 2020

The coronavirus pandemic provides the opportunity that Algerian authorities have been hoping for: a nonviolent way to silence unrelenting protesters. Read more.

AlgeriaApril/May 2020Special Focus: COVID-19

Nigerian Military Leadership Obasanjo 1977

Nigeria’s Arrested Development A History of Accidental Presidents

Chukwudi UkonneApril 17, 2020

While many are of the opinion that Nigeria started out on the right path politically and somehow derailed, there is a divergent school of thought suggesting that Nigeria always lacked progressive leadership from the get-go.

April/May 2020Editors Picks: Independence Day

The ‘Lion of Africa’ with Cat Claws Nigeria’s Image Problem

Fife OgundeMarch 20, 2020

After 60 years of independence, Nigeria has failed to establish significant political leverage on the global scene and is not the African superpower many tout it to be.

February/March 2020vol4-no2

This photo is for our piece on Nigeria and the US visa ban

A Wake-Up Call? The Recent Travel Restrictions on Nigerians

Zainab UsmanMarch 9, 2020

It will be a grave mistake to treat Nigeria’s recent US visa ban as a one-off event, rather than a larger issue of limited leverage in a rapidly changing world that we seem ill-prepared to navigate.

Editors Picks: Independence DayFebruary/March 2020vol4-no2

Deceptions of Innovations Investigating the Claims of Big Tech

Aarshin KarandeMarch 6, 2020

The grand premise of innovation is that everyone benefits from it: technology not only yields great opportunity; it constructs great equality. The image of innovation is a redemptive one—but for whom?

February/March 2020

International Affairs

Echoes of History COVID Vaccine Tests in Africa

Deep Unlearning? AI and Africa’s Struggling Public Institutions

The Resurgence of Ansaru Nigeria’s Silent Enemy

Putting the Cart before the Horse? The Problem with a Currency Union for West Africa

‘Tragedy Set-in in the Late 70s’ Readers Debate Nigeria’s Global Status

Algeria’s Indefinite Pause What Will COVID-19 Mean for Algeria’s Year-long Protests?

Nigeria’s Arrested Development A History of Accidental Presidents

The ‘Lion of Africa’ with Cat Claws Nigeria’s Image Problem

A Wake-Up Call? The Recent Travel Restrictions on Nigerians

Deceptions of Innovations Investigating the Claims of Big Tech

Babangida and the Politics of Memory

The New Realpolitik

Mayara Ferrão’s Blueprint for Decolonial AI Imagery

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