Nigeria

People queue to collect social grants and shop during a 21 day nationwide lockdown aimed at limiting the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Khayelitsha township near Cape Town, South Africa, March 31, 2020. Reuters/Mike Hutchings

Africa in focus

Figures of the week: Perceptions of COVID-19 in South Africa, Kenya, and Nigeria

Payce Madden

Thursday, April 2, 2020

A chain is used to secure the gate of the Abuja National Mosque, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues in Abuja, Nigeria March 27, 2020. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde

Africa in focus

Africa in the news: Debt relief in Somalia, government efforts to combat COVID-19, and new Boko Haram attacks

Christina Golubski

Saturday, March 28, 2020

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Upcoming Event

CANCELED – Proxies and militias: Internal stability and geopolitics in Iraq, Somalia, and Nigeria

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM EDT

Demonstrators protest with placards against the ban of motorcycles and tricyles in Lagos, Nigeria February 8, 2020. REUTERS/Temilade Adelaja

Africa in focus

Africa in the news: AU summit, Kenyatta meets with Trump, and Lagos bans motorcycles

Christina Golubski

Saturday, February 15, 2020

Reports

A girl displaced as a result of Boko Haram attacks in the northeast region of Nigeria, uses a mortar and pestle at a camp for internally displaced people in Yola, Adamawa State January 14, 2015. Boko Haram says it is building an Islamic state that will revive the glory days of northern Nigeria's medieval Muslim empires, but for those in its territory life is a litany of killings, kidnappings, hunger and economic collapse. Picture taken January 14. To match Insight NIGERIA-BOKOHARAM/ REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde (NIGERIA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST SOCIETY EDUCATION) - GM1EB1K12UW01

Report

Building resilience and resistance to child, early, and forced marriage through acquiring skills

Judith-Ann Walker

Tuesday, August 6, 2019

Shoppers walk during the opening of the 'Mall of Africa' in Midrand outside Johannesburg, South Africa April 28, 2016. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko - D1AETAYSBVAB

Developing Economies

Africa’s consumer market potential

Landry Signé

Wednesday, December 12, 2018

DATE IMPORTED: June 15, 2017 Members of the local militia, otherwise known as CJTF, sit in the back of a truck during a patrol in the city of Maiduguri, northern Nigeria June 9, 2017. Picture taken June 9, 2017. REUTERS/Akintunde Akinleye.

Nigeria

“In Nigeria, we don’t want them back”

Vanda Felbab-Brown

May 2018

Report

African Lions: Understanding the relationship between growth and employment in Nigeria

Olu Ajakaiye, Afeikhena T. Jerome, Olufunke A. Alaba, and David Nabena

Thursday, May 5, 2016

Report

The Impact of Conflict and Political Instability on Agricultural Investments in Mali and Nigeria

Alpha Kergna, Temesgen T. Deressa, Jessica Pugliese, Mwangi S. Kimenyi, Jideofor Adibe, Moussa Djiré, Abigail J. Jirgi, and Andrew Westbury

Tuesday, July 22, 2014

Blog Posts

U.S. President Donald Trump points to the media as he walks with Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta before their meeting in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on February 6, 2020. Photo by Yuri Gripas/ABACAPRESS.COM

Africa in focus

Africa in the news: Updates on US-Africa relations, elections in Malawi and Guinea-Bissau, and return of stolen funds to Nigeria

Christina Golubski and Anna Schaeffer

Saturday, February 8, 2020

Signs showing arrival and departure directions are seen on a drive-way into the Murtala Mohammed International airport in Nigeria's commercial capital Lagos, May 11, 2017. REUTERS/Akintunde Akinleye - RC1EAB8A57B0

Africa in focus

Africa in the news: Nigeria’s visa on arrival, Ethiopia’s agreements with IMF, World Bank, and aviation update

Dhruv Gandhi

Saturday, December 14, 2019

President Hage Geingob of Namibia addresses the United Nations General Assembly in the Manhattan borough of New York, U.S., September 21, 2016. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri - HT1EC9L17ZA2K

Africa in focus

Africa in the news: Namibia, Guinea-Bissau, Sudan, and Nigeria updates

Payce Madden

Saturday, December 7, 2019

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Events

2019

Jul

Past Event

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

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EDT

The limits of punishment: Transitional justice and violent extremism

10:30 AM - 12:00 PM EDT

Addressing the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Nigeria

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM EDT

Washington, DC

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Experts

Landry Signé

Senior Fellow - Global Economy and Development, Africa Growth Initiative

LandrySigne

John Mukum Mbaku

Nonresident Senior Fellow - Global Economy and Development, Africa Growth Initiative

Judith-Ann Walker

Nonresident Fellow - Global Economy and Development, Center for Universal Education

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Multimedia

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 - RC19E45DE390

Africa in focus

Beneath the Tamarind Tree: Nigeria and the resilience of the Chibok Girls

Christina Golubski

Tuesday, August 6, 2019

A view of the Yaba district in Lagos June 25, 2015. At first glance, Yaba is like many other parts of Nigeria's sprawling commercial capital: a cacophony of car horns and shouting street vendors, mingling with exhaust fumes and the occasional stench of sewage. But in between the run-down buildings in this seemingly inauspicious part of Lagos, a city of around 21 million, tech start-ups are taking root and creating a buzz that is drawing international venture capitalists and more established digital firms. Picture taken June 25, 2015. REUTERS/Akintunde Akinleye - RTX1M6LS

Up Front

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, development hacks, and the power of digital record-keeping

Merrell Tuck-Primdahl and Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

Wednesday, August 16, 2017

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