Special series
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The pitfalls – and privileges – of travelling while Black
Joe Shmoe may be able to backpack across Lomé with nothing more than the clothes on his back; you probably can’t. When I first ... -
#EndSARS: Not just a name or statistic. The tragedy of Rinji Bala
The widespread protests in Nigeria were motivated by real and often deeply personal experiences of police brutality. Here is one. Before Rinji Uzziel Bala’s ... -
#EndSARS fake news: Is Instagram equipped to police the internet?
Their fact-checking algorithms are not doing a good enough job of identifying what’s fake and what isn’t. The protests in Nigeria have been raging ... -
Open Letter: African writers stand with #EndSARS protesters
Over a hundred African writers say justice must be served for victims of police brutality. As African writers across borders, we denounce in the ... -
Is the Nigerian government trying to #ENDSARS or end protests?
This is our regular update on national protests against police brutality, a global touchpoint, in Nigeria. Amid protests against police brutality in Nigeria, the ... -
#ENDSARS: There is no North-South divide
SARS is as vicious and corrupt in northern Nigeria as it is in the south. Claiming otherwise is false. Over the past two weeks, ... -
Why #EndSARS won’t quit
The movement has gone from calling for the abolition of one police unit to collective protests against a system that pits the elite against ... -
#ENDSARS: governor press sec admits spreading fake news
This is our regular update on national protests against police brutality, a global touchpoint, in Nigeria. On the first Monday, 12 October, of the ... -
#SARSMUSTEND: The first seven days
Six things you need to know about the movement to end police brutality in Nigeria. On 3 October, two days after Nigeria’s Independence Day, ...
