Could Nigeria’s careful ethnic balancing act be under threat?

Mansur Abubakar BBC News, Abuja AFP via Getty Images In Nigerian politics, there has long been an informal understanding: presidential appointments should carefully balance the country’s many ethnic and religious differences. Today, there are growing concerns that this is being ignored. While the constitution requires regional representation in cabinet positions, the broader distribution of other…

Inside Project Esther’s plan to silence pro-Palestinian activism | News

Trump’s crackdowns on universities closely match a right-wing roadmap to crush the pro-Palestinian movement. The Trump administration’s crackdowns on pro-Palestinian activism look eerily similar to a conservative proposal to target universities and international students it claims are part of a “terrorist support network”. Who is behind the plan, and what will its impact be? Source link