Daily Circular
The Daily Circular, 9 September 2026
AI and Its Dangers The conversation around artificial intelligence (AI) has taken a somber turn as a former Anthropic researcher, speaking to…
Weekly Circular
The Weekly Circular, week ending 14 August 2026
The past few days have seen a mix of significant events across various sectors in Africa, ranging from personal freedom and security…
Nigeria
Buhari: The Messiah Who Will Not Save Nigeria
Bayo Omoboriowo, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Shamusudeen Kareem The Yorubas have a saying that if a child would…
Africa
Why history will judge Burundi’s Pierre Nkurunziza harshly
President Pierre Nkurunziza arrives to inaugurate Burundi’s Chinese-built state house on September 27, 2019. (Photo by ONESPHORE NibigIra/AFP via Getty Images) David…
Africa
Kenya: why elite cohesion is more important than ethnicity to political stability
Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta (left) shakes hands with the opposition coalition leader Raila Odinga to symbolise a truce in March 2018. Simon…
Nigeria
President Buhari and the $1bn splurge on military equipment
President Buhari in April 2018 approved the release of $1bn for the procurement for military weapons with the stated intention of crushing…
Africa
Zuma has gone: but the ANC's inability to separate party from state is still a threat to democracy
Mashupye Herbert Maserumule, Tshwane University of Technology South Africa’s ruling party, the African National Congress (ANC), glossed over the causes of what…
Africa
[Updated]Enough is enough: Gambians put faith in democracy as Yahya Jammeh ousted at ballot box
Marloes Janson, SOAS, University of London [Update] January 04, 2017 - Since the time that this article was first published on December…
Africa
There is good as well as bad news about the state of governance in Africa
image from the Mo Ibrahim Foundation: 2016 IIAG Index Report Yarik Turianskyi Declining safety and deterioration in the rule of law are…
Nigeria
Some thoughts on the current state of affairs in Nigeria (economy)
As the saying goes, "It's the economy, stupid", what's the point of fighting corruption if there's no jobs with an economy that…