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Nigeria: The spreading northern insurgency

The government must think hard about how to tackle an Islamist uprising that may have less to do with religion than the rebels claim(28)

Bombs in Nigeria: A growing threat

An attack on the UN headquarters in Abuja suggests that a local terrorist group is getting bolder(14)

Politics this week

Darfur: Now seize the moment

The sooner a UN force arrives in Darfur, the fewer people will die(0)

Deal or no deal

Despite the intervention of African, American and British mediators, the prospects for peace in Darfur, in Sudan, are in the balance. The government of Sudan said on Friday May 5th it would accept a peace deal, as did one rebel faction. But two other rebel groups refused(0)

Darfur: From one deadline to the next

Any peace deal signed in Nigeria will be hard to make stick on the ground(0)

Nigeria: Democracy and its discontents

The unenviable task of governing Africa's most populous country(0)

Sudan: An agreement, sort of

Despite a parley between rebels and government, the brutality goes on(0)

Zimbabwe: The pressure builds

But Robert Mugabe, unyielding, goes his own way(0)

Restraining Mugabe

As Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe continues to terrorise his people, ministers from Commonwealth countries have been meeting in Nigeria to devise a way to persuade him to stop. It will not be easy(0)

Africa’s twin scourges

A concerted effort by rich and poor is needed if Africa’s virulent killers, AIDS and malaria, are to be put to flight(0)

A survey of Nigeria: Oil alone doesn’t make you happy

You also have to know how to manage it(0)

The pope in Nigeria: Touching faith

PLANNED CITIES: Capital punishments

For an object lesson in the perils of central planning, look no further than what happens when governments plan their own capitals(0)

African women: First among unequals