Nigeria: What are President Buhari’s election chances?
There is never a dull moment when it comes to Nigerian politics and as the county draws closer to elections scheduled for next year, the …
West Africa
Nigeria: A heap of contradictions
Nigeria continues to baffle and bamboozle and yet remain fascinating. It has some of the richest people on earth as well as some of the …
Theresa May in Africa: “I want the UK to be the G7’s number one investor in Africa”
Theresa May is on her first visit to Africa since she became the British Prime Minister in 2016. She is visiting South Africa, Kenya and …
West African Round-Up: The pitted road to justice
In his monthly round-up of trends in West Africa, Desmond Davies focuses on the still unresolved issues of crimes against humanity in Liberia and The …
Can the Sahel recapture its lost glory?
Today the vast Sahel region, lying between North and sub-Saharan Africa, is characterised by general poverty, lawlessness and the presence of terrorist groups. But it …
Nigeria: media fuels herder vs farmer clashes?
Clashes between cattle herders and farmers over scarce resources have reached crisis levels in Nigeria as the death toll escalates. Adding fuel to the fire …