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EXCLUSIVE: Nigeria’s secret programme to lure top Boko Haram defectors

Global UpfrontAug 19, 2021August 19, 20210

By Obi Anyadike (Senior Editor, Africa), The New Humanitarian, August 19, 2021 A top-secret programme, known as sulhu, is encouraging senior jihadist commanders to defect

Why did a military Superpower fail in Afghanistan?

Global UpfrontAug 18, 2021August 18, 20210

U.S. troops in Afghanistan had better equipment, training and funding than the Taliban By Arie Perliger, The Conversation, August 18, 2021 The speed and efficiency

Serenading the music and events of the Tokyo Olympics

Global UpfrontAug 17, 2021August 17, 20210

By Isidore Emeka Uzoatu At last, the games of the XXXII Olympiad (Tokyo 2020) have come and gone. After all the COVID-19 induced delays that

Does the Great Retreat from Afghanistan mark the End of the American Era?

Global UpfrontAug 17, 2021August 17, 20210

It’s a dishonorable end that weakens U.S. standing in the world, perhaps irrevocably. By Robin Wright, The New Yorker, August 15, 2021 History will surely

Nigerians living along Nigeria/Niger Republic border rely on Nigerien soldiers during bandits’ attacks, says Katsina residents

Global UpfrontAug 16, 2021August 16, 20210

Some time ago, the Hausa Service of Deutsche Welle Radio reported how residents of communities along the Nigeria/Republic of Niger border in Katsina and Zamfara

BBC set to pay £1.5m in Bashir ‘guilt money’ for ‘deceitful’ interview with late Lady Diana

Global UpfrontAug 15, 2021August 15, 20210

Money would be paid to charity chosen by the Royal Family The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) hopes to make amends for the Martin Bashir scandal

Newspaper goes online only as Nicaragua Customs withholds newsprint paper

Global UpfrontAug 12, 2021August 12, 20210

Nicaragua’s storied La Prensa newspaper said Thursday it will suspend its print edition after the government once again withheld newsprint paper at customs. La Prensa

Nigeria has democracy but not development. How to fix it

Global UpfrontAug 12, 2021August 12, 20210

By Ayokunu Adedokun, The Conversation, August 12, 2021 After struggling for 39 years to develop a fertile ground for democratic governance, Nigeria had its turning

Cybersecurity: How the Pegasus spyware invades phones and what it does when it gets in

Global UpfrontAug 11, 20210

By Bhanukiran Gurijala, The Conversation End-to-end encryption is technology that scrambles messages on your phone and unscrambles them only on the recipients’ phones, which means

Nigeria ranks 161 of 181 Commonwealth Secretariat index that measures the state of youths around the world

Global UpfrontAug 10, 2021August 10, 20210

The Commonwealth Secretariat on Tuesday released its triennial rankings of youth development in 181 countries, with Nigeria ranked 161st. Tagged the 2020 Global Youth Development