AvatarCouncil on Foreign RelationsFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoHow (Not) to Talk About Sex in Africacfr.org - Ebenezer ObadareConsidering the urgency with which authorities in a certain African countries have moved to pass anti-LGBTQ+ legislation, one might be forgiven for …
AvatarCouncil on Foreign RelationsFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoWhen Disability Meets Privilegecfr.org - Ebenezer ObadareThe unwarranted humiliation last week of Mr. Debola Daniel and his family at a KFC outlet located inside the Murtala Muhammed International Airport …
AvatarCouncil on Foreign RelationsFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoWhen Non-Intervention Becomes a Dogmacfr.org - Ebenezer ObadareIt takes no special powers to discern that external intervention is officially in bad odor. To hear a wing of the foreign policy commentariat talk …
AvatarCouncil on Foreign RelationsFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoThe Ride of Their Livescfr.org - Ebenezer ObadareMany Nigerians and observers of Nigerian politics reacted with a mix of outrage and disbelief when, last November, it emerged that a supplementary …
AvatarCouncil on Foreign RelationsFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoA King and His Subjectscfr.org - Ebenezer ObadareOn February 26, members of the Christian Praying Assembly (CPA) Church Worldwide, a Lagos-based Pentecostal church, took out paid advertorials in a …
AvatarCouncil on Foreign RelationsFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoChad’s “Democratic” Transitioncfr.org - Michelle GavinOn February 28, Chad’s Prime Minister, Succès Masra, told listeners at an Atlantic Council event in Washington DC that he and the country’s military …
AvatarCouncil on Foreign RelationsFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoGuinea’s Junta Feels the Heatcfr.org - Michelle GavinFrom one perspective, the past week has been a success for military rulers in West Africa. The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), …
AvatarCouncil on Foreign RelationsFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoThe Case Against Military Rulecfr.org - Ebenezer ObadareWith Nigeria plunged into a full-blown crisis due to a worsening economic climate, a cross-section of Nigerians, desperate for a quick turnaround and …
AvatarCouncil on Foreign RelationsFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoThe C Wordcfr.org - Ebenezer ObadareWith Nigeria plunged into a full-blown crisis due to a worsening economic climate, a cross-section of Nigerians, desperate for a quick turnaround and …
AvatarCouncil on Foreign RelationsFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoA Tragedy Sixty-Four Years in the Makingcfr.org - Ebenezer ObadareAs is often the case in moments of crisis, the current ugly situation in Nigeria has provided occasion for aggressive finger-pointing. That public …
AvatarCouncil on Foreign RelationsFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoUnited States Lacks Strategic Clarity on the Horn of Africacfr.org - Michelle GavinAs the atrocities mount in Sudan and the humanitarian crises deepens, the United States is trying to correct its policy course. The appointment of a …
AvatarCouncil on Foreign RelationsFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoDemocracy Deferred in Senegalcfr.org - Michelle GavinThe weather in Dakar is forecast to be sunny and warm all week. But Senegal is on very thin ice. A country often celebrated for the vibrancy of its …