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Extremism
Kenyan Pastor Asked His Followers To Starve Themselves To Death. They Obeyed.
Kenyan evangelical pastor Paul Mackenzie (also spelt Makenzi) convinced hundreds of his followers to starve themselves to death in hopes…
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Armed Violence
Turning Grief Into A War Cry: The Women On The Frontline Against Boko Haram
Ever since Amina had to watch as her husband was killed, she’s made herself a thorn in the flesh of…
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Election Security
Nigeria: One In Seven Civilian Deaths In February Due To Election Violence
Nigeria’s presidential and national assembly elections have come and gone – but not without consequences. According to data gathered by…
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Analyses
The IPOB Diaspora Network Pushing Disinformation In Nigeria
One name that comes up often in the war against disinformation in Nigeria is the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB),…
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Development
Civil Society Groups Rise To Safeguard Sudan’s Shaky Transition To Democracy
When in Dec. 2018, the people of Sudan thronged the streets to protest a failing economy, they met a resistance…
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News
Get It Right: ICIR Online Game Educates Nigerians On Elections, Disinformation
The International Centre for Investigative Reporting (ICIR), a media organisation with headquarters in Abuja, has launched an online trivia game…
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Features
How Digital Surveillance Threatens Press Freedom In West Africa
When Eti-Inyene Akpan, a freelance photojournalist, heard about the plans to hold #EndSARS protests in Oct. 2020, he was eager…
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The Crisis Room
Nigeria’s 2023 Elections and Disinformation Threats
Listen On: Apple | Google | Spotify | Buzzsprout | RSS On Today’s episode of the crisis room @Murtalaibin and @KunleAdebajo discuss election disinformation and the upcoming election on Saturday. Hosted…
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Election Security
Nigeria Records Spike In Election Violence Weeks To National Polls
One in every 13 civilians killed in Nigeria last month was either a politician or someone who lost their life…
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Development
Sudanese Doctors Diagnosed Their Country And Prescribed A Revolution
When Mohammed Nagi Alassam enrolled in medical school, it would have been hard to imagine him as one of the…
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