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(16 June 2021) Africa is the only continent with a fast-growing population, and the only one where the population is expected to continue growing beyond 2050. According to the UN's 2019 World Population Prospects report, in the next 80 years population of Africa will increase by more than three times — from 1.3 billion people in 2020 to 4.2 billion in 2100. In 19 African countries, the population is on track to double in the next 30 years, and in 28 African countries the population is expected to triple by 2100. Nigeria is projected to become the world's third most populous...
During the mid-to-late 2000s, Nigeria struggled to reign in the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, better known simply as MEND. MEND is a militant group based in the southwest of Nigeria in the Niger Delta, Nigeria's primary onshore oil production region. The group sought increased economic benefits for residents of the Niger Delta from the country's oil production and reparations for destruction of the environment by foreign oil companies. The group's guerrilla warfare tactics and deadly bombings were only part of the reason it was so potent; the group also caused...
2015 was a momentous year for Nigeria. The general elections held in March brought about the first democratic transition of power from a ruling party to an opposition party, heightening expectations for meaningful political change. The new Government is establishing itself during a very challenging time, however, marked by a sharp, sustained decline in global oil prices and continuing violence in the country's northeast. Given the high dependency of Nigeria on oil revenues, the recent sharp decline in oil prices has given rise to major challenges in the form of external imbalance,...
Ibrahim Index of African Governance (IIAG) - is comprehensive statistical tool assessing African countries' performance in provision of public goods and services. Consisting of 133 variables derived from 32 independent sources IIAG measures governance performance across 4 pillars: Safety and Rule of Law, Participation and Human Rights, Sustainable Economic Opportunity and Human Development. All-embracing nature of the index makes it fairly the best instrument for setting long-term political, social and economical goals concerning the African region. One of the implications of...
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