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Chronic poverty may be on the decline, but too many families still face cyclical poverty.

The U.S. ban of Huawei escalates the trade war with China, government and opposition representatives for Venezuela return to the negotiating table, and U.S. lawmakers fear skewed intelligence on Iran.

Armed groups are slipping into Nigeria and appealing to the Cameroonian diaspora to fuel their fight for a breakaway state.

The amorphous Boko Haram splinter group is taking inspiration where it can get it and bringing disaster to the Lake Chad Basin in the process.

In countries around the world, progress defies the backlash.

Buhari promised an end to graft and corruption. Now he’ll have to deliver.

Nigeria shows that economic growth combined with rising inequality won’t lift people out of poverty. The country’s next government should heed the lesson.

From the border wall to billionaire presidential candidates.

Articles to read ahead of a crucial vote.

Apathetic voters are planning to boycott this weekend’s election—and may inadvertently boost the country’s most fervent separatists.

The issue of restructuring the country’s delicate federal system has long been off limits. Both candidates have now put it front and center, ensuring that reforms are on the way.

Nigerians fleeing violence at home are being kicked out of northern Cameroon and being sent back to areas terrorized by Boko Haram.

Twenty years after its return to democratic rule, Nigeria is on the verge of re-electing a dictator.

Burkina Faso managed to avoid the violence that plagued its neighbors, but a combination of poverty, unstable neighbors, and weak security forces has opened the door for extremists.

As U.S. leadership fades, authoritarian leaders are competing to see how much they can get away with.

Russia could have done something to prevent sexual exploitation of foreign women during the World Cup. It chose not to.

The war against foreign-funded NGOs — from India to Israel — is harming democratic governance, not enhancing it.

Nigeria’s president is trying to prove he can get from Washington what his predecessor couldn’t, but it might not be enough to get him re-elected.

The biggest problem with many African countries is that they're led by men like Trump.

The West needs a strong, committed, engaged White House to hedge against China’s inexorable rise.