To support Nigeria, her international friends must avoid the temptation of placing their national economic, strategic, and geo-political interests ahead…
Taking on the Big Elephant in the Room? Nigeria after the 2023 General Elections
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A Review of Ruth Murambadoro, John Mashayamombe, and uMbuso weNkosi (eds.), The PhD Experience in African Higher Education (London: Lexington Books, 2022).
In the end, the book is more about the silences it produces around the power dynamics between the researcher, the…
Researching Community Engagement Against Violent Extremism: Lessons from the Field in Northern Ghana
Although data analysis is ongoing, research-based observations and insights from study communities are already very instructive regarding the state of…
2023 Presidential Elections and Nigeria’s Humanitarian Crises
In the face of worsening humanitarian crises across the country, it has been predicted that the 2023 presidential election will…
Civil Society’s Contributions to Youths and Gender Participation in Nigeria’s Electoral Process: Gaps and Prospects
The elections not only present an opportunity for political change, but the outcomes would also impact Nigeria’s youth population, including…
Youth, Democracy, and Elections: Another Missed Opportunity to Reset US-Africa Engagement?
If democracy continues to falter in more African countries, it will be hard for the US, and key Western powers,…
Locating the Youth in US-Africa Cooperation and Investments
Youth-led social movements in many African countries have since the much-heralded Arab Spring continued to play an important role in…
Critical Developments in Africa’s Youth, Peace, and Security Agenda
The program was set up with the primary mandate of mainstreaming youth into the peace and security agenda of the…
Special Issue on, “Peace, Trade, and Youth: Investing in US-Africa Cooperation.”
The essays in this volume address several subthemes within the framework of peace, trade, and youth, by referencing African perspectives…
Researching Constitutionalism and Democratization in Africa: My APN Experience
I also note that the APN has been a mirror with which one can see, reflect, and project himself into…