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Africa in Focus

Quantifying frequent building collapse and disaster risk reduction in Nigeria

Olasunkanmi Habeeb Okunola

Wednesday, April 6, 2022

Farmers plow the field in Saulawa village, on the outskirts of Nigeria's north-central state of Kaduna May 15, 2013. When President Goodluck Jonathan was elected two years ago, he pledged reforms that would transform the lives of tens of millions of farmers who live on less than $2 a day despite occupying some of Africa's most fertile land. Oil remains the main source of foreign currency and state revenues, but agriculture is by far the biggest contributor to GDP, making up 40 percent of Africa's second largest economy. With 170 million mouths to feed and a growing food import bill thanks to the disarray in the farming sector, agriculture ministry officials say there's no time to lose. Picture taken May 15, 2013. To match Insight NIGERIA-AGRICULTURE/ REUTERS/Joe Brock (NIGERIA - Tags: AGRICULTURE SOCIETY BUSINESS)

Africa in Focus

Managing existential risk and climate resilience: The case of Nigeria

Amara Nwankpa

Monday, March 14, 2022

A motorist passes by a wall with a graffiti of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) in El Aguaje after the visit of Vatican's ambassador to Mexico Franco Coppola to the area and to the municipality of Aguililla, an area where the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) and local drug gangs are fighting to control the territory, in Michoacan state, Mexico April 23, 2021. REUTERS/Alan Ortega

Order from Chaos

Nonstate armed actors in 2022: Alive and powerful in the new geopolitics

Vanda Felbab-Brown

Tuesday, February 1, 2022

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Events

Insecurity in northeast Nigeria and beyond

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM EST

CANCELED — Webinar: Jihadism at a crossroads

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM EDT

Beneath the Tamarind Tree: A discussion on Nigeria and the resilience of the Chibok girls

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EDT

Washington, DC

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Experts

Danielle Resnick

David M. Rubenstein Fellow - Global Economy and Development

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Belinda Archibong

David M. Rubenstein Fellow - Global Economy and Development

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Vanda Felbab-Brown

Director - Initiative on Nonstate Armed Actors

Co-Director - Africa Security Initiative

Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Strobe Talbott Center for Security, Strategy, and Technology

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An employee of online retailer Jumia sorts packages for delivery at the company's warehouse in Lagos February 16, 2015. The growth of Africa's middle class has created demand for products that conventional retail struggles to satisfy due to a shortage of malls and grinding traffic in many cities that deters shoppers. The sector is still in its infancy. The internet's contribution to Africa's gross domestic product stood at 1.1 percent in 2013, much lower than other emerging markets. But this could rise to 10 percent, or $300 billion, by 2025, according to a report by consultants McKinsey's & Company. REUTERS/Joe Penney (NIGERIA - Tags: BUSINESS SOCIETY EMPLOYMENT)

Podcast Episode

Lessons from Lagos state in addressing youth unemployment

Tejumola Abisoye and Aloysius Uche Ordu

Wednesday, March 16, 2022

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Fighting Boko Haram in Nigeria

Vanda Felbab-Brown and Adam Day

Hybrid Wars with Adam Day

Friday, June 12, 2020

Names of missing Chibok school girls kidnapped by Boko Haram insurgency five years ago are displayed during the 5th year anniversary of their abduction, in Abuja, Nigeria April 14, 2019. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde

Podcast Episode

Why Boko Haram in Nigeria fights western education

Madiha Afzal and Michael E. O’Hanlon

Friday, April 17, 2020

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Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro gestures during a ceremony by the National Program of Civic-Military Schools, at the Planalto Palace in Brasilia, Brazil November 24, 2021. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino

The awkward guests: Parsing the Summit for Democracy invitation list

Ted Piccone

Tuesday, December 7, 2021

A health worker takes a dose of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine from a vial during the roll out of mass vaccination for the disease in Abuja, Nigeria, November 19, 2021. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde

What do Pfizer’s 1996 drug trials in Nigeria teach us about vaccine hesitancy?

Belinda Archibong and Francis Annan

Friday, December 3, 2021

A vertical gas flaring furnace is seen in Ughelli, Delta State, Nigeria September 16, 2020. Picture taken September 16, 2020. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde

Nigeria’s Petroleum Industry Act: Addressing old problems, creating new ones

Kasirim Nwuke

Wednesday, November 24, 2021

A man grinds grains at a store in Maiduguri, Nigeria October 31, 2021. Picture taken October 31, 2021. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde

The COVID-19 crisis isn’t over for workers in Nigeria

Jonathan Lain and Tara Vishwanath

Wednesday, November 24, 2021

A girl in Nigeria smiles in her classroom.

Nigeria needs a gender-responsive approach to education in emergencies

Edem Dorothy Ossai

Friday, November 19, 2021

French soldiers of the "Belleface" Desert Tactical Group (GTD) conduct an area control operation in the Gourma region during the Operation Barkhane in Ndaki, Mali, July 27, 2019. Picture taken July 27, 2019. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier

20 years after 9/11, jihadi terrorism rises in Africa

Alexandre Marc

Monday, August 30, 2021

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Nigeria

COVID-19 and Nigeria’s human capital crisis

Advocacy organizations and nutrition policy in Nigeria: Identifying metrics for enhanced efficacy

Can protests lead to meaningful changes in government policy, particularly around economic redistribution?

Protest matters: The effects of protests on economic redistribution

Reports

We are not guinea pigs: The effects of negative news on vaccine compliance

Gender-responsive education in emergency in Nigeria

Vigilante groups and militias in southern Nigeria

Education and Boko Haram in Nigeria

Militias (and militancy) in Nigeria’s north-east: Not going away

Blog Posts

Quantifying frequent building collapse and disaster risk reduction in Nigeria

Managing existential risk and climate resilience: The case of Nigeria

Nonstate armed actors in 2022: Alive and powerful in the new geopolitics

Events

Insecurity in northeast Nigeria and beyond

CANCELED — Webinar: Jihadism at a crossroads

Beneath the Tamarind Tree: A discussion on Nigeria and the resilience of the Chibok girls

Experts

Danielle Resnick

David M. Rubenstein Fellow - Global Economy and Development

Belinda Archibong

David M. Rubenstein Fellow - Global Economy and Development

Vanda Felbab-Brown

Director - Initiative on Nonstate Armed Actors

Co-Director - Africa Security Initiative

Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Strobe Talbott Center for Security, Strategy, and Technology

Multimedia

Lessons from Lagos state in addressing youth unemployment

Fighting Boko Haram in Nigeria

Why Boko Haram in Nigeria fights western education

More on Nigeria

The awkward guests: Parsing the Summit for Democracy invitation list

What do Pfizer’s 1996 drug trials in Nigeria teach us about vaccine hesitancy?

Nigeria’s Petroleum Industry Act: Addressing old problems, creating new ones

The COVID-19 crisis isn’t over for workers in Nigeria

Nigeria needs a gender-responsive approach to education in emergencies

20 years after 9/11, jihadi terrorism rises in Africa