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  • IPOB supporters protest. Credit: Radio Biafra.
    NigeriaPolitics

    Nigeria: Their election boycott fell flat. What now for the Biafra separatists?

    By Festus Iyorah
    November 30, 2017
    The Nigerian government claims the secessionist group IPOB is “dead and gone”. Its supporters beg to differ. When an influential secessionist group called on ...
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  • Ferry crossing at Barra. Credit: James Courtright.
    PoliticsThe Gambia

    Rebuilding after the dictator: New Gambia’s slow road to reform

    By James Courtright
    November 20, 2017
    President Jammeh spent over two decades centralising power and sowing distrust. How do you rebuild a nation after that?  How do you dismantle over ...
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    Rescued and deradicalised women are returning to Boko Haram. Why?

    By Hilary Matfess
    November 1, 2017
    Girls and women who join Boko Haram simply tend to see it as the best option available to them. This June, reports emerged that ...
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    Liberia’s presidential runoff: On the strange appeal of George Weah

    By Bram Posthumus
    November 1, 2017
    Why do so many people want the inexperienced and untested former footballer to be president? Back in 2005, when Liberia held its first elections ...
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  • The two contenders: Joseph Boakai (left) and George Weah (right).
    LiberiaPolitics

    Liberia’s election run-off: A choice between two imperfect options

    By Ibrahim Al-bakri Nyei
    October 26, 2017
    Keeping the incumbent party in office may be difficult to bear, but hope that the opposition will bring change may also be misplaced. Musa ...
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  • Nigeria's former president, Olusegun Obasanjo continues to wield significant influence in Nigeria. Credit: Friends of Europe.
    Editor's PicksNigeriaPolitics

    An interview with Olusegun Obasanjo: Up close and a little too personal

    By James Wan
    September 28, 2017
    Nigeria’s former president on Buhari, Biafra and bloody idiots. As the lift in his luxury London hotel rushes upwards to the 11th floor, Olusegun ...
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  • Millions of people have been displaced by Boko Haram, and more are facing food insecurity. Credit: Espen Røst/Bistandsaktuelt.
    CameroonChadNigerNigeriaSociety

    “We lose entire communities in the blink of an eye and people do not seem to look.”

    By Hilary Matfess
    September 26, 2017
    The crisis in Lake Chad Basin is one of the most desperate, and neglected, in the world. It may not get the same level ...
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  • Sala, 6, and her schoolmates study in Niger after being resettled from Nigeria. Credit: UNHCR / H. Caux.
    NigeriaSociety

    Nigeria’s conflict victims can’t all go home. They must be resettled.

    By Toyin Saraki
    September 20, 2017
    Humanitarian assistance to internally-displaced persons is crucial, but this must be complemented with longer-term policies. Gripped by multiple humanitarian crises, 2016 saw more people ...
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  • George Weah supporters await his arrival at the party headquarters in Congo Town, Monrovia. Credit: Stephen Kollie.
    LiberiaPolitics

    Could a former winner of the Ballon d’Or become Liberia’s next president?

    By Stephen D. Kollie
    September 19, 2017
    George Weah was the presidential runner-up in 2005. Ahead of the October vote, he is drawing huge crowds again and hopes to do one ...
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  • Liberia is preparing for its third set of elections since the end of the civil war. Credit: Brittany Danisch.
    LiberiaPolitics

    Runners and riders: Liberia gears up for most unpredictable elections yet

    By Robtel Neajai Pailey & David Harris
    September 14, 2017
    With President Sirleaf set to step down after 12 years in office, 20 candidates are competing to replace her. On 10 October 2017, Liberia ...
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