What’s triggered new conflict between farmers and herders in Nigeria
Previous studies have established land resource struggles and weather among the factors fuelling clashes between farming and herding communities in...
Insights from Fulani pastoralists and host communities in southwestern Nigeria
The Fulani in the Ibarapa community of Oyo State, southwestern Nigeria, are mostly migrants from the northern part of the...
Mixture of rules makes it hard to manage pastoralist conflict in Ghana
Conflicts between nomadic livestock farmers (pastoralists) and crop farmers are common social problems reported in every sub-region in Africa. These...
The way Nigeria selects vice-chancellors is deeply flawed. But it can be fixed
Some universities in Nigeria are in crisis over the selection of vice-chancellors. From Ibadan to Lagos, Oye Ekiti and Dutse,...
How a popular movement could threaten Idriss Déby Itno’s 30 years in power
Chadian President Idriss Déby Itno, who has ruled since 1990, is gearing up to take on his sixth mandate as...
Why it’s a big surprise that the African leadership prize went to Niger’s Issoufou
The president of Niger, Mahamadou Issoufou, has been awarded the 2020 Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership. The annual...
Tanzania’s Samia Hassan has the chance to heal a polarised nation
Samia Suluhu Hassan becomes the first female president in Tanzania taking over from President John Magufuli who died on 17...
In Magufuli’s shadow: the stark choices facing Tanzania’s new president
The sudden death of Tanzania’s President John Pombe Magufuli has thrown the East African nation into a period of political...
Tanzania’s Samia Hassan has the chance to heal a polarised nation
Samia Suluhu Hassan becomes the first female president in Tanzania taking over from President John Magufuli who died on 17...
People living in African urban settings do a lot of walking: but their cities aren’t walkable
Walking remains the main modeof transport in many sub-Saharan African cities, especially among low-income residents in informal settlements. Yet, it...
