Africa in Transition

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  A Gathering Dis-OBI-dience

  cfr.org - Ebenezer Obadare

  What does mounting enthusiasm about the presidential prospects of former two-time governor and presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, …

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  Nigeria Security Tracker Weekly Update: June 25-30

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  More on: Boko Haram Islamic State Terrorism and Counterterrorism Violent Nonstate Actors Below is a visualization and description of some of the most …

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  Pro-Democracy Movement Persists in Sudan

  cfr.org - Michelle Gavin

  Thirty-three years ago, on June 30, 1989, Omar al-Bashir seized power in Sudan. His long tenure in power was characterized by brutality at home, …

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  Uproar Over Britain’s Rwanda Asylum Plan Overlooks Nagging Issues in Illegal Migration

  cfr.org - Ebenezer Obadare

  The intense hostility to the United Kingdom’s attempt to repatriate asylum-seekers in the country to Rwanda, four thousand miles away, was entirely …

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  Mozambique’s Reversal of Fortune

  cfr.org - Michelle Gavin

  Just a year ago, the news from Mozambique was rather glum. The security crisis in the northern region of Cabo Delgado had displaced hundreds of …

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  APC Runs Into Headwinds as Christian Opposition to Muslim-Muslim Ticket Gains Traction in Nigeria

  cfr.org - Ebenezer Obadare

  On Tuesday, July 21, a small crowd of protesters massed outside the secretariat of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Abuja, Nigeria. Defying a …