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Supreme Court Ruling Challenges Foundation of the Nigerian State

Posted By: adminon: July 16, 2024In: GovernanceTags: AG Lagos Versus AG Federation, ASS, ECOWAS, Federal Government, Federating states, Local Government autonomy, NIIA, NILDS, OBASANJO, Supreme CourtNo CommentsViews:

This piece is re-published here within the context of the imperative of giving space to contending reactions to the Supreme Court ruling on financial autonomy of local government councils. T... Read more

6 West African Countries Lack Healthcare for Informal Sector Workers – OTUWA Study

Posted By: adminon: May 17, 2024In: GovernanceTags: ECOWAS, GAWI, OTUWA, WAHO, WAHSUNNo CommentsViews:

There have been serious gaps in terms of healthcare for workers in the informal sector in six West African States, a study has shown. The studies conducted in 2020 and 2021 in the wake of Co... Read more

End of French Empire or French Manoeuvre in (West) Africa?

Posted By: adminon: April 13, 2024In: World From AfricaTags: ABU Zaria, Coups, ECOWAS, French Empire, West AfricaNo CommentsViews:

The democratic space in West Africa has not been a smooth one of recent. It has been defined by one coup after the other, most if not all of them emitting high voltage rhetoric against Franc... Read more

The End of the Western Democracy Project in Africa

Posted By: adminon: March 19, 2024In: World From AfricaTags: Africa, Autocratic rule, Deglobalisation, Democracy promotion, Democratic backsliding, ECOWAS, EU, Latin America, People's Republic of China, Russia, the West, West AfricaNo CommentsViews:

By Yusuf Bangura The optimism of the 1990s, which saw a massive rollback of autocratic regimes in favour of electoral democracy, has given way to pessimism about democracy’s continued spread... Read more

CDD Flashes Rays of Hope With New Chairperson and Five Others Into International Governing Council

Posted By: adminon: March 12, 2024In: World From AfricaTags: CDD-WA, ECOWAS, Epistemic justice, OTUWA, The 'African condition', Think tankingNo CommentsViews:

The Centre for Democracy and Development – West Africa (CDD-WA) has formally announced the appointment of Cde John Odah as Chairman of its International Governing Council. The change comes a... Read more

President Tinubu’s Populist Escape Route from Niger – Mali – B/Faso – Guinea Diplomatic Misadventure

Posted By: adminon: February 24, 2024In: De-EscalationTags: Anti-imperialism, Burkina Faso, Culture, ECOWAS, Emotions, Foreign powers, History, Language, Mali, Memories, National interest, National security, Niger Republic, Power, Psychoanalysis, Russia, Songhai Empire, Sovereignty, WARNo CommentsViews:

The doctrine of ‘news following the flag’ compels the contribution of whoever is in a position to do so towards a sharp course-correction away from what has clearly been a major... Read more

Two Days Rethinking Democracy in West Africa in the Face of Discontent and Coups

Posted By: adminon: February 11, 2024In: World From AfricaTags: 'Armed populism', Democracy and Development, ECOWAS, Electoral accountability, France, Grounded theory, INEC, Military Vanguardism, Niger – Mali – Burkina Faso, Robert Cox, RussiaNo CommentsViews:

It was a pleasant two-day house (hotel) arrest for the purpose of a collective peer review of a potentially explosive book project on electoral accountability in Nigeria on the one hand and... Read more