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Why the state, not Nigeria, has failed 

Why the state, not Nigeria, has failed 

An article published this May in the Foreign Affairs journal provoked heated debates about whether Nigeria is a failed state. Professor Nic Cheeseman, who is an acquaintance going back a decade ago when I consulted and...

How much longer?

How much longer?

The Zimbabwean president managed to hold onto power through a pretence of competition through elections There has been neither peace nor serenity during Robert Mugabe’s 37 years in power. He has been at war in Zimbabwe...