Gbagbo Makes For the Exit as Ouattara Prepares His Entrance

A tank burns by the roadside after heavy fighting in Ivory Coast's main city Abidjan, April 5, 2011. (Staff Photogrpaher/Courtesy Reuters)
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A tank burns by the roadside after heavy fighting in Ivory Coast's main city Abidjan, April 5, 2011. (Staff Photogrpaher/Courtesy Reuters)
On Africa in Transition, a former U.S. ambassador to Nigeria signals the most important political, security, and social developments occurring in sub-Saharan Africa.
Evangelical and Pentecostal Christianity are powerful forces in sub-Saharan politics. So, too, is the belief in prophecy and sorcery. In…
In a recent Wall Street Journal interview, Nigerian finance minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala reviewed Nigerian economic issues, notably, that the anticipated…
This is a guest post by Jim Sanders, a career, now retired, West Africa watcher for various federal agencies. The…
An “urban legend” widely believed in Nigeria is that the United States government predicts that the country will breakup in…
Former U.S. ambassador to Nigeria John Campbell explores Nigeria's postcolonial history and examines the events and conditions that have carried this troubled giant to the edge.
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