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The Benin-Niger Border Might Reopen Soon

The Benin-Niger Border Might Reopen Soon

Whether that border reopens on schedule now depends on whether Cotonou and Niamey can turn their agreement into an enforceable defence and intelligence-sharing arrangement, something neither government has fully delivered on before. The deeper outcomes of these visits may take years to emerge, but for now Wadagni is giving intra-African co-operation a shot, at a time of growing geopolitical fragmentation.

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The Benin-Niger Border Might Reopen Soon

Whether that border reopens on schedule now depends on whether Cotonou and Niamey can turn their agreement into an enforceable defence and intelligence-sharing arrangement, something neither government has fully delivered on before. The deeper outcomes of these visits may take years to emerge, but for now Wadagni is giving intra-African co-operation a shot, at a time of growing geopolitical fragmentation.

Zainab Nasreen Muhammad

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10 hours ago

The Benin-Niger Border Might Reopen Soon

The Republic of the Mob: Nigeria’s Jungle Justice Problem

None of the men who killed the Aluu Four, or dragged Deborah Samuel from a security room to her death, burned the hunters passing through Uromi, or handed Ummulkhair Usman to an angry mob would likely describe themselves as murderers. They would describe themselves as instruments of justice. That self-deception, multiplied across hundreds of participants and normalised by years of impunity, is the moral failure at the centre of this phenomenon: a society that has quietly agreed to believe that ordinary people, in a state of rage and with no evidence beyond rumour, are more reliable arbiters of guilt and punishment than the police and courts they no longer trust.

Zainab Nasreen Muhammad

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2 days ago

The Republic of the Mob: Nigeria’s Jungle Justice Problem

Faye-Sonko Fallout:Senegal’s President to Launch New Party

Senegalese President, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, is preparing to launch his own political party, according to a coalition supporting the president, deepening a rift with former Prime Minister, Ousmane Sonko, that has consumed the country’s politics for months. The coalition said in a statement issued late on Friday, July 3 that Faye had instructed senior adviser Aminata Touré to lead a task force responsible for creating the new political movement.

Zainab Nasreen Muhammad

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2 days ago

Faye-Sonko Fallout:Senegal’s President to Launch New Party

Nigeria’s Big Tech Probe: Genuine or Revenue Play?

President Bola Tinubu has directed the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) to investigate Meta, Alphabet’s Google, X, and unnamed generative AI platforms over allegations that they have exploited Nigerian journalism to train AI models without payment, and abused their dominance of the country’s digital advertising market. The directive, conveyed through Information Minister Mohammed  Idris, followed a joint petition to the presidency from the Nigerian Press Organisation (NPO) — an umbrella group spanning newspaper proprietors, the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), the Nigerian Guild of Editors, broadcasters and online publishers.

Zainab Nasreen Muhammad

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2 days ago

Nigeria’s Big Tech Probe: Genuine or Revenue Play?

NYSC Reform: Is This What Young Nigerians Truly Need?

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved what the Tinubu administration is calling the most sweeping reform of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) since its establishment in 1973. Announced by the Minister of Youth Development, Ayodele Olawande, and Hadiza Bala Usman, Special Adviser to the President on Policy Coordination, the reforms introduce 11 specialised career streams, extend orientation camp from three weeks to six, replace the passing-out parade with a graduation ceremony, and transition the scheme from military to civilian leadership. 

Zainab Nasreen Muhammad

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1 week ago

NYSC Reform: Is This What Young Nigerians Truly Need?

Anti-immigration Protesters Take the Streets of South Africa as Deadline Arrives

Today, June 30, marks the deadline set by the anti-immigrant vigilante groups in South Africa. The ultimatum, carrying no legal weight, backed by no law, and enforceable by no legitimate authority, has nonetheless reshaped the lives of hundreds of thousands of Africans over the past several weeks. The crisis has exposed with painful clarity which African governments treat the protection of their citizens as a genuine obligation. 

Zainab Nasreen Muhammad

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1 week ago

Anti-immigration Protesters Take the Streets of South Africa as Deadline Arrives
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