International Affairs
Weathering the Storm COVID-19 and the Case for Universal Basic Income in Nigeria
In Nigeria, health facilities in urban slums are few and far between, and likely to be overwhelmed if the virus spreads into these communities. Enforcing lockdowns will not be sustainable if governments do not provide a generous safety-net. Read more. Read More...
Echoes of History COVID Vaccine Tests in Africa
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. Read More...
Deep Unlearning? AI and Africa’s Struggling Public Institutions
Although Africa falls behind in institutional capacity, countries on the continent can begin to create AI strategies that align with their values. Read more. Read More...
The Resurgence of Ansaru Nigeria’s Silent Enemy
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. Read More...
Putting the Cart before the Horse? The Problem with a Currency Union for West Africa
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. Read More...
‘Tragedy Set-in in the Late 70s’ Readers Debate Nigeria’s Global Status
'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.' Read More...
Algeria’s Indefinite Pause What Will COVID-19 Mean for Algeria’s Year-long Protests?
The coronavirus pandemic provides the opportunity that Algerian authorities have been hoping for: a nonviolent way to silence unrelenting protesters. Read more. Read More...
Nigeria’s Arrested Development A History of Accidental Presidents
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. Read More...
The ‘Lion of Africa’ with Cat Claws Nigeria’s Image Problem
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. Read More...
A Wake-Up Call? The Recent Travel Restrictions on Nigerians
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. Read More...
