Abuja correspondent, @AFP, with an eye on Nigeria, Ghana, Gulf of Guinea, Sahel. Heart in Kaolack. Alum, Peace Corps Senegal
Joined April 2011
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14 Jul 2023
As Europe looks to expand its borders further - with deals struck or being considered in Tunisia, Egypt, Mauritania, and Senegal – @guypeterson_ and I went to Agadez, the sort of ground-zero for these policies that build a wall far beyond the EU's borders washingtonpost.com/world/202…
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Notable that the government, via the Attorney General, supported this lawsuit, which may see 2023 runner up Atiku Abubakar's candidacy thrown out ahead of January polls
BREAKING NEWS: On the very day Atiku Abubakar reportedly settles on Rotimi Amaechi as his running mate, a Federal High Court orders the deregistration of the ADC - the very platform carrying his presidential ambition.
If upheld on appeal, what happens to the coalition? What happens to the ticket? What happens to the calculations for 2027?
Nigerian politics can be brutal!
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Frankfurt (AFP)—Germany's working-age population will shrink by 4.3 million by 2036 as people retire, the birth rate drops and tougher migration policies deter foreign workers, a study warned Monday.
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It’s happened again:
A migrant was released from jail (charges dropped) and picked up by ICE.
ICE decides not to deport.
ICE drops migrant off far from home.
Migrant dies in the cold.
Manner of death: Homicide.
Nearly identical to Buffalo case.
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Jun 12
A US deportation flight, carrying Iranians with legal protections, is currently en route to Central African Republic, according to lawyers and flight trackers.
Latest for @AFP, with colleagues in Ghana and Gabon france24.com/en/live-news/20…
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A US deportation flight, carrying Iranians with legal protections, is currently en route to Central African Republic, according to lawyers and flight trackers.
Latest for @AFP, with colleagues in Ghana and Gabon france24.com/en/live-news/20…
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UPDATE: The ICE deportation flight (OAE2272) has just landed at Bangui Int’l Airport in Central African Republic, removing Iranian, Afghan, and other third country nationals from the U.S. This marks the first forced third country flight to CAR.
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Nigeria security forces fire teargas at Democracy Day protesters modernghana.com/news/1501879…
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Ghana said Friday it was repatriating 327 nationals from Ivory Coast after they were displaced by demolitions in Abidjan, where authorities have been clearing settlements in a push to “restore urban order” channelstv.com/2026/06/12/gh…
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The Nigerian House of Representatives approved a bill to allow states to create their own police forces, a major security reform (though not without serious criticisms) sought by President Bola Tinubu amid overlapping security crises modernghana.com/news/1501492…
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can confirm all of Ibro Fish in Abuja was cheering on Mexico last night
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Jun 10
“Because of their nomadic nature, a lot of them are denied land ownership,” said Malik Samuel, an Abuja-based senior researcher at the thinktank Good Governance Africa. “And whenever there are issues between herders and farmers, they [feel] farmers get more sympathy or support from the authorities … The problem is some take advantage of these legitimate grievances to perpetrate violence.”
Samuel, who attended some peace deals last year, agreed, saying previous attempts were government-led and shortsighted.
“The government is more interested in procuring peace than actually the process that will lead to permanent peace,” Samuel said. “The government would rather prefer to pay tens or hundreds of millions of naira to bandits in exchange for their weapons than fulfilling those promises. How much does it cost to build a school? How much does it cost to build a borehole?”
What happens when the state cannot secure its most vulnerable citizens? You hear of peace deals between villagers & non-state actors. But what if these deals collapse partly because of the state? People circumvent the state to mediate fresh deals.
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What’s stopping you from buying this Class A 180,000 square foot office building in Newark OH for only $8,500,000?
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Nigeria's economic reforms working, but poverty increasing: IMF punchng.com/nigerias-economi…
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Cette visite marque un tournant dans les relations entre les deux pays, qui s’étaient fortement dégradées après le coup d’Etat au Niger en juillet 2023 crisisgroup.org/fr/anb/afric…
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Jun 9
.@hrw is hiring an Externalization Researcher to investigate & expose human rights abuses relating to migrants, refugees & asylum seekers w/ an initial focus on US govt efforts to block entry or access to asylum & to externalize migration controls. Go to: job-boards.greenhouse.io/hum…
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We interviewed one of these peacemakers in Katsina state about one such deal that apparently did not include money and the state - even though it gave permission for the process to go on.
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Today my first book, THE YAHOO BOYS: Love, Deception and the Real Lives of Nigeria’s Romance Scammers (FSG), is finally out in the US.
The book follows four love scammers in Lagos as they scam lonely Westerners while dealing with the worst economic crisis in Nigeria in a generation.
It started with my mum falling for an American soldier who was, in fact, a Nigerian scammer. But it grew into something much bigger.
I’ve spent the last four years of my life working on this: travelling to and living in Lagos, reporting, taking notes, reading, writing and rewriting. I did more than 250 interviews and spent countless hours with the main characters of this book. I poured tens of thousands of euros into the project, to the point where I was dead broke by the end.
I’ve seen the best and the worst of human beings. I’ve laughed and cried and eaten so much jollof and egusi. I’ve had a gun pointed at me in Kentucky. I’ve read conversations with too many people talking about taking their own lives because they were lonely. I’ve met Nigerian families who split an egg four ways for dinner. Many interviewees broke into tears in front of me.
I’ve learnt that being a human being is a difficult business.
I hope you buy and read the book, so you can experience some of this for yourself.
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