Politics
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Congo: Making Mineral Revenues Benefit Provinces – By Decky Kipuka Kabongi
The redistribution of mineral revenues between the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) central government and provinces is one issue currently dominating political debate in ... -
CDD Analysis Centre: Post-Polling Phase, Nigeria 2015
The March 28, 2015 presidential and national assembly elections were historic in some respects. There is a general consensus across the spectrum of the ... -
CDD Analysis Centre: Matters arising from the Voting Phase, Nigeria 2015 Elections
Several polling units across the country opened later than scheduled with the accreditation process commencing hours behind the expected time. The delay to this ... -
CDD Analysis Centre: Preliminary Report on Accreditation of Voters for Nigerian Elections
For Immediate Release, 2pm The Centre for Democracy and Development is partnering with African Arguments throughout the 2015 Nigerian elections to disseminate updates on ... -
Peering into the blackbox: economic management in Nigeria post-May 2015 – By Abimbola Agboluaje
The outcome of Nigeria’s March 28 2015 polls has significant consequences for Africa’s largest economy. The pace and quality of economic reforms, never ... -
Nigeria 2015: Goodluck Jonathan’s fight for survival – By Lagun Akinloye
In a candid sit-down interview with the BBC last week, President Goodluck Jonathan announced with an air of confidence “I will surely win it, ... -
Why Nigeria’s election really MATTERS – By Richard Dowden
This week’s election in Nigeria is the most important African event of the decade. The “˜Africa Rising’ story can only continue if the continent’s ... -
South Sudan: war without end – By Richard Dowden
Last week President Salva Kiir of South Sudan rejected all the main proposals put forward by the African Union to bring peace to Africa’s ... -
Announcing election period partnership with Centre for Democracy and Development, Abuja
Ahead of the Presidential elections scheduled for March 28, the Centre for Democracy and Development (www.cddwestafrica.org), Abuja, will be setting up an Analysis Centre to aggregate ... -
Nigeria 2015: the no choice election – By Adewale Maja-Pearce
I won’t be voting in this year’s election in Nigeria, the fifth since the return of civilian rule in 1999 following many years of ...
