West Africa’s new regional peacekeeping force, explained Kim Yi Dionne - December 12, 2022 ECOWAS, the Economic Community of West African States, engages in more than just economic activities. How will it implement the new initiative?
In Women’s History Month, these African groups can offer lessons to feminists everywhere Adryan Wallace - March 11, 2022 What is gender equality, exactly — and who gets to define what it should look like?
Pro-government groups helped quash Nigeria’s protests last year. Who’s really behind these groups? Matthew Page - October 7, 2021 Since 2015, the groups have staged hundreds of news conferences to praise government officials
Seven years ago, #BringBackOurGirls was a global campaign. What happened? Laura Seay - July 22, 2021 A compelling book details the story of Nigeria’s kidnapped Chibok girls
Covid-19 is accelerating multilateralism in Africa Mary Treacy and Landry Signé - July 26, 2020 The African Union helped spearhead a coordinated response to the pandemic.
The Trump administration is curtailing visas for Chinese scientists. That could backfire. Caroline S. Wagner - June 26, 2020 Excluding foreign researchers and students hurts U.S. innovation — and coronavirus collaboration
The price of oil was actually negative last week. What happens next? Stephen Paduano - April 28, 2020 Cheap oil is causing pain from Texas to Nigeria.
What’s behind South Africa’s xenophobic violence in 2019? Carolyn E. Holmes - September 9, 2019 Violence against immigrants has sparked a diplomatic crisis
How does a woman run for office in Nigeria? The answer’s in ‘Love Does Not Win Elections.’ Laura Seay - June 6, 2019 It’s a sharp, witty and often infuriating narrative of how patronage politics, sexism and ethnicity can confound candidates.
How WhatsApp influenced Nigeria’s recent election — and what it taught us about ‘fake news.’ Nic Cheeseman, Jonathan Fisher, Jamie Hitchen, and Idayat Hassan - February 15, 2019 WhatsApp’s use as a tool for political campaigns and sharing