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Olayinka Oyegbile

Dr. Olayinka Oyegbile is a journalist and writer with over two and a half decades of practice as a journalist. He is a Fellow of the World Health Organisation (WHO) on Public Health Reporting. He has worked with The Guardian, The Punch, Daily Independent, TELL magazine, and was until recently Deputy Editor of The Nation on Sunday. He is a recipient of the Steve Biko Memorial Scholars' Fellowship, Johannesburg, South Africa.

Déby’s death spurs security concerns in West Africa

Olayinka Oyegbile Apr 28, 2021

The sudden death of President Idriss Déby of Chad on 19 April 2021 came as a surprise to the international community. The late president had been a great bulwark against terrorism in the West African sub-region. So, when the news came…
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Niger’s road to stability?

Olayinka Oyegbile Apr 25, 2021

Mohamed Bazoum has just been sworn in as the President of the Republic of Niger after winning the presidential election run-off. He won his mandate on the platform of the Nigerien Party for Democracy and Socialism (PNDS-Tarayya). Not…
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Nigeria: A country on tenterhooks

Olayinka Oyegbile Mar 4, 2021

In the past one year, Nigeria has looked like a country on the edge of a precipice, ready to keel over and break into a second civil war. No county has ever survived two civil wars, many of Nigeria’s leaders have kept warning. However,…
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Pan African Review

Pan African Review is a platform that challenges assumptions about Africa and a space for introspective perspectives on matters of concern to Africans.