Africa Update: From Guinea to Zambia - Voice of America

Friday, September 24, 2021

News Type: USIP in the News

On this Africa edition of Encounter, Joshua Meservey, senior policy analyst for Africa and the Middle East at the Heritage Foundation and Oge Onubogu, director of the West Africa program at the U.S. Institute of Peace, discuss setbacks in democracy and good governance as exemplified by coups in Guinea and Mali, the need to strengthen regional institutions like ECOWAS and the African Union and the importance of fostering positive trends...

Democracy & Governance

U.S. agency calls for more religious freedom in Nigeria - Baptist News Global

Wednesday, March 3, 2021

News Type: USIP in the News

Less than three months after being designated a Country of Particular Concern by the U.S. State Department over its religious record, Nigeria has again became the focus of another U.S. agency — the Commission on International Religious Freedom. A virtual event held on Feb. 16 with...

Religion

Black China: Africa's First Superpower Is Coming Sooner Than You Think - Newsweek

Tuesday, January 14, 2020

News Type: USIP in the News

It's midnight in a medieval palace in the oldest city in West Africa: Kano, Nigeria. A thousand years ago, this was one of the richest cities in the world, the terminus of the cross-Saharan trade that brought salt to exchange for slaves, gold and ivory. The palace...

Economy, Insecurity and Corruption Weigh on Nigerian Elections - Voice of America

Wednesday, February 13, 2019

News Type: USIP in the News

Nigerians go to the polls Saturday to choose a president and legislature for Africa’s most populous country, returning two weeks later to pick state governors and local representatives. Voters in the West African nation must decide whether to grant a second term to President Muhammadu Buhari. The 76-year-old former military leader won office in 2015 on...