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Author: Chidi Anselm Odinkalu

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Chidi Anselm Odinkalu

Chidi Odinkalu is a former chair of Nigeria’s National Human Rights Commission and works with the Open Society Foundations. The opinions in this article are personal.

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    Resolving Nigeria’s Population-Productivity-Insecurity Problem

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    Africa in the World – 2021 and Beyond

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    November 26, 2020
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    The Situation in Ethiopia is a Unique War and the African Union Has a Legal Duty to Silence the Guns

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