Why is the Casamance crisis at a standstill after 40 years?
By Aïda Dramé
Since 1981, southern Senegal’s Casamance region of has been stuck in the grip of what is often called a "low-intensity" conflict between...
The Buhari administration’s anti-poverty schemes aren’t working
By Olakunle Ologunro
Two years ago, Foluke Akinosho*, a 63-year-old petty trader who sells food provisions in the Mushin area of Lagos, Nigeria, received a...
Haitian immigrants to the U.S. suffer from Biden administration policies
By Damilola Banjo
In December 2019, a Haitian father and his three-year-old daughter arrived at the U.S.-Mexico border in Texas to claim asylum. Department of...
Is TikTok a safe space for queer Nigerian content creators?
By Mariam Sule
When Harry Itie created a TikTok account, he was looking to escape from the noise on other social media platforms. “I used...
The #RepealSSMPA protest got people talking. But what’s next?
By Shade Mary-Ann Olaoye
The hashtag #RepealSSMPA began to trend on Nigerian Twitter and beyond on March 21st, 2021. #RepealSSMPA was a solidarity action in...
Nigerians struggle to eke out a living in the U.S.
By Damilola Banjo
At 55, Monsumola Adeniran should be planning her retirement. She had built a flourishing textile business and lived an upper middle-class life,...
Niger state armed vigilante groups to fight insecurity. Will it work?
By Hauwa Shaffii Nuhu
LAPAI TOWN, Nigeria — On January 17th, 2021, at around 2 am, gunmen suspected to be members of a yet unidentified...
Nigerian graduates struggle for survival after finishing their degree
By Ahmad Adedimeji Amobi
When Saadu Yusuf Olatunji graduated from the faculty of education at the University of Ilorin in 2012, he didn’t know his...
Nigeria’s vaccination campaign is hampered by ad hoc procurement and distribution...
By Ope Adetayo
The Nigerian government plans to vaccinate 40 percent of the country’s population, an estimated 80 million people, before the end of 2021,...
Mauritania: A history of land slavery and forced displacement
By Houleye Thiam
Black Mauritanians have historically been stripped of their land ownership rights, most notably beginning in the 1980s when a new law provided...