3 April 2019
Yesterday morning it became clear that the incumbent Nigerian president, this term’s APC (All Progressives Congress) candidate, Muhammadu Buhari, had won a second term in office. Since Buhari’s brief stint as military dictator after the coup of 1983, his commitment to democracy has been in...
28 February 2019
In Nigeria, party politics are characterised by a structure reliant on funding, male domination, and a tendency to violence. In eleven days' time Nigeria will elect its new president. What do the events leading up to it tell us about who will win? Just over a week ago, 55-year-old female...
4 February 2019
Something fascinating is happening in Gaza. In the midst of alarmingly high poverty rates, a decimated economy and ongoing control under the militant Islamic movement, Hamas, a new story is emerging: Gaza is establishing a tech hub. The potential of digital technology to help people...
21 December 2018