Globally, 2022 was not a good governance year. Just as the negative impact of Covid-19 lockdowns was starting to turn around, Russia violated the international order by invading Ukraine. What Putin thought would take a...
Nigeria
COP27: Why it is in Africa’s best long-run interests to abandon fossil fuels
News of severe flooding in Australia is just one more reminder of the ravages of climate change. The affliction and what to do about it, given that the world is not mitigating or adapting fast enough, will be the...
Child marriages – Until death
Child marriages are a tradition that has existed globally across social classes, religions, and cultures. Historically, European royalty used child marriages as a strategy to secure political alliances, and in sacred...
Ending FGM: The road to 2030
At 17, Ifrah Ahmed arrived in Dublin, Ireland in 2006, escaping war in Somalia. To support her asylum application, she had to undergo a medical check-up, which included a Pap smear. The medical personnel were shocked...
The daily grind of dangerous work
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has reported, with the International Labour Organisation (ILO), that in 2020, 160 million children were subjected to child labour globally. Child labour remains a critical...
Understanding the Nigerian petrol industry’s new legal landscape
How does the Global Memorandum of Understanding (GMoU), introduced by Chevron Nigeria, and the Nigerian Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) protect communities in the oil-rich Niger Delta? Deji Haastrup explains in the PDF...
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