Nigeria News & Analysis

Africa’s silence on the Ukraine war is counter-productive because any undermining to the rules-based international order, particularly with regard to the inviolability of state sovereignty, represents a net loss for the continent.

Will upcoming elections in Nigeria help or hinder efforts to shore up internal security and thus forestall the possibility of new migrant outflows.

Mass kidnappings are fueling concerns that the Nigerian state is losing control.

In the absence of a multilateral approach targeting transnational factors destabilizing the Sahel, even the best military intelligence won’t be enough to stem the tide of extremism.

Security and development deficiencies lurk behind many of the factors that are keeping Nigeria’s energy sector from realizing its considerable economic promise.

A global crisis – this time the COVID-19 pandemic – has once again underscored the dangers of Nigeria’s economic overreliance on oil.

With the West largely absent, Africa is turning to China and Eastern Europe for help recovering from COVID-19.

COVID-19 is upending local security dynamics in some of the most vulnerable parts of Africa.

A strong USD could savage those who borrowed heavily in the currency, whether a state-owned corporation like Mexico’s Pemex or a resource-dependent sovereign like Nigeria.

Africa’s largest oil exporters are not in a position to weather the massive price disruptions wrought by COVID-19 and Saudi-Russian acrimony.

Despite a recent stabilization, African debt levels have some worrying about the continent’s resilience in the event of a global economic downturn.

Is Islamic State a spent force or a globe-spanning “al-Qaeda on steroids”?

Africa is now a lucrative market for arms sellers around the world. This is particularly true of Turkey, which is emphasizing relations with the continent under President Erdogan.

Will President Buhari’s economic legacy be “digital pioneer” or “purveyor of a lost decade”?

Signing the landmark agreement was a relatively simple exercise; the true test is yet to come.