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Nigeria’s Political Earthquake: New Mega-Alliance Threatens to Shatter Old Two-Party System

In a move that could redraw Nigeria’s political map for a generation, a powerful new coalition of opposition parties, regional heavyweights and disaffected ruling-party defectors has formally launched what insiders are calling the most serious challenge to the APC-PDP duopoly since the return of democracy in 1999. The Alliance for National Renewal (ANR) was unveiled […]

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The Diplomat, the Defendant, and the Deal

A negotiator returns. A parliament purged. A war without end. Power won: Wadagni takes the presidency in Benin. Guelleh secures a sixth term in Djibouti. Kiir installs his replacements in South Sudan’s parliament the same day he removes the incumbents. Power lost: Speaker Jemma Nunu Kumba is stripped of her role overnight. Malema waits to learn if […]

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