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Analyses
Simon Ekpa: A Timeline of Events Leading up to IPOB Factional Leader’s Detention
Simon Ekpa, the factional leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), was arrested by the Finnish National Bureau…
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Analyses
Simon Ekpa Has Been Imprisoned. What Does it Mean for IPOB Agitation?
After many years of spreading repeated violent propaganda on social media, Simon Ekpa, leader of a faction of the proscribed…
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Analyses
The Unseen Costs of Maiduguri’s e-Waste Recycling Market
It was a cold Tuesday morning in Maiduguri, northeastern Nigeria. Shop apprentices, owners, and traders were opening their businesses in…
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Armed Violence
Armed Violence Closes Over 14,000 Schools In Africa, Leaving Millions Without Education
Education in conflict zones across West and Central Africa is increasingly under threat. According to a recent report by the…
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Election Security
Beyond The Facade
Before Nigeria’s presidential elections last year, legislator Alhassan Doguwa told raucous supporters what would happen to those who did not…
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Analyses
IPOB Factional Leader Tweets Misleading Pictures Of Attack On Soldiers
Simon Ekpa, leader of an armed secessionist group agitating to break away from Nigeria, recently shared misleading images meant to…
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News
West And Central Africa Sees Progress In HIV Fight, But Challenges Remain — UNAIDS
The annual number of new HIV infections in West and Central Africa fell by 46 per cent between 2010 and…
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Investigations
Truth Under Fire
Many Nigerians yearn for the opportunity to participate in a peaceful voting process, one where they can exercise their right…
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News
More Than Half Of Islamic State Operations Now In Africa
The Islamic State — also called ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria) — has claimed that Africa now accounts…
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News
Displacement Crises In Burkina Faso, Cameroon Are World’s Most Neglected
For the second year in a row, the displacement crisis in the West African country of Burkina Faso has been…
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