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A Conversation With Foreign Minister Yusuf Tuggar of Nigeria

Foreign Minister Yusuf Tuggar of Nigeria discusses emerging issues in the sub-region and across the continent, including Nigeria's foreign policy initiatives and challenges to economic and regional security amid ongoing geopolitical turmoil.

Virtual Event by Yusuf M. Tuggar and Ebenezer Obadare September 18, 2024
Nigeria

The Unmaking of an Elite

The great tragedy of Nigerian tertiary education is the debasement of its professoriate.

Blog Post by Ebenezer Obadare September 16, 2024 Africa in Transition
Sub-Saharan Africa

Uncivil Society

The standard state versus society framework for analyzing African politics is no longer fit for purpose.

Blog Post by Ebenezer Obadare August 22, 2024 Africa in Transition

Experts in this Region

Ebenezer Obadare

Douglas Dillon Senior Fellow for Africa Studies

Nigeria

A Loud Silence

Pentecostal leaders’ avoidance of the #EndBadGovernance protests in Nigeria speaks volumes about the protests’ ethnoreligious undercurrents.

Blog Post by Ebenezer Obadare August 12, 2024 Africa in Transition
Nigeria

The Myth of the ‘Leaderless’ African Protest

Rather than being leaderless, contemporary African protests are being steered by a leadership no one saw coming.

Blog Post by Ebenezer Obadare August 8, 2024 Africa in Transition
Nigeria

A False Dilemma

Bad governance, not dissent, is the real threat to law and order in Nigeria.

Blog Post by Ebenezer Obadare July 29, 2024 Africa in Transition

Nigeria

The Forever Counterinsurgency

What if the Boko Haram insurgency in Nigeria is ‘programmed’ to continue in perpetuity?

Blog Post by Ebenezer Obadare and Natalie Caloca July 24, 2024 Africa in Transition
Nigeria

A Sense of Foreboding

Nigerians’ frustration with the Tinubu government threatens to spill over.

Blog Post by Ebenezer Obadare July 22, 2024 Africa in Transition
Nigeria

Rumors of a Political Capture

Accusations of influence peddling in the heart of its presidency raise the ugly scepter of state capture in Nigeria.

Blog Post by Ebenezer Obadare July 1, 2024 Africa in Transition
Nigeria

Who Needs an Emir?

The ongoing Emirship tussle in Nigeria begs broader questions about the place of traditional rulership in Africa’s emerging democracies.

Blog Post by Ebenezer Obadare June 24, 2024 Africa in Transition
Nigeria

A Second Coming?

Among a cross section of Nigerian Christians, support for former US President Donald Trump remains stubbornly strong.

Blog Post by Ebenezer Obadare June 4, 2024 Africa in Transition
Nigeria

The OBJ of Illiberalism

Nigerian statesman Olusegun Obasanjo’s rejection of liberal democracy is heartfelt—and wrong.

Blog Post by Ebenezer Obadare May 29, 2024 Africa in Transition
Child Marriage

Women This Week: Activists End Effort to Carry out Mass Wedding Involving Child Brides in Nigeria

Welcome to “Women Around the World: This Week,” a series that highlights noteworthy news related to women and U.S. foreign policy. This week’s post covers May 18 to May 24.

Blog Post by Noël James May 24, 2024 Women Around the World
Burkina Faso

When Civilians Become Targets

Recurrent deadly encounters between soldiers and civilians across West Africa offer an instructive glimpse into the state of civil-military relations in the region.

Blog Post by Ebenezer Obadare May 22, 2024 Africa in Transition
Nigeria

Ethnonationalist Rumblings

Why seeming democratic progress has failed to staunch agitation for self-determination in Nigeria.

Blog Post by Ebenezer Obadare May 9, 2024 Africa in Transition