Nigeria

  • Sep 17, 2020
  • 7 min read

Nigeria faces widening inequality and poverty crises

The COVID-19 crisis has exacerbated already high levels of exclusion and impoverishment

Nigeria
  • Sep 14, 2020
  • 2 min read

Recent Nigerian reform openings may raise false hopes

An end to subsidies has buoyed investors and international financial institutions, but statist policies persist

Nigeria
  • Sep 7, 2020
  • 7 min read

Further devaluation of Nigeria’s naira is likely

A fall in oil revenues has forced the country to devalue its currency for a second time this year

Nigeria
  • Sep 4, 2020
  • 7 min read

African central banks face growing political pressures

The recent sacking of a central bank governor has highlighted the fragile independence of many such institutions

Zambia
  • Aug 26, 2020
  • 2 min read

Nigerian GDP contraction will heighten recession fears

The latest GDP figures show the major impacts the COVID-19 pandemic has had

Nigeria
  • Aug 14, 2020
  • 7 min read

Tinubu’s ambitions could tear Nigeria’s APC apart

The former Lagos governor faces significant opposition in his bid to become president

Nigeria
  • Jul 31, 2020
  • 7 min read

Nigeria’s anti-graft campaigns face more manipulation

A probe into a leading anti-graft figure intersects with the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC)'s succession battle

Nigeria
  • Jul 23, 2020
  • 2 min read

Nigerian aid worker killings reiterate vulnerabilities

One of Boko Haram's factions has reportedly killed five aid workers in the north-east

Nigeria