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When Nigeria launched Vision 2020, the message was

When Nigeria launched Vision 2020, the message was simple: rapid prosperity. #OnSite⚡⁠
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Nigeria’s history features several national development plans. Like many of these plans, the impacts of #Vision2020 have been questionable. In this online essay, Bibiana Ossai and John Babalola review Nigeria’s progress with meeting Vision 2020’s objectives.⁠
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Vision 2020 was first proposed by the Obasanjo administration to reduce Nigeria’s overdependence on oil and improve the standard of living.⁠
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When Vision 2020 launched, many Nigerians anticipated unprecedented economic growth and that Nigeria would own potential ‘bragging rights’ on the global stage.⁠
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Do you remember what year Nigeria launched Vision 2020? Have we secured these bragging rights? Let us know in our comments. For more on this topic, click the link in our bio. And don’t forget, #EndSARS.⁠
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📝: Bibiana Ossai and John Babalola⁠
📷: A man reads a national newspaper with a headline announcing the victory of the incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari on February 27, 2019, in Kano. LUIS TATO/AFP via Getty Images

In the fight against police brutality, everyone ha

In the fight against police brutality, everyone has a role to play. #RxEndSARS ⠀
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Since 08 October 2020, young people across Nigeria have been protesting against police brutality and the notorious Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS). Protesters have brought international attention to Nigeria’s policing crisis. Despite the government claiming that SARS has been banned, since the announcement, several unarmed protesters have been shot and killed by the police, revealing the systemic scale of police brutality in Nigeria. How do we make sense of this?⠀
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Our first piece on #EndSARS is by Motunrola Bisi-Afolabi, a lawyer and sub-editor at The Republic. Bisi-Afolabi looks at how a new generation of young Nigerians have found their voices in the #EndSARS protests.⠀
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How does this protest differ from past Nigerian protests? What are the youth demanding and what will be the likely impacts of such demands? To find out, click the link in our bio. This essay (and all our #EndSARS coverage) is paywall-free.⠀
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For more of our #EndSARS coverage follow our hashtag: #RxEndSARS.⠀

Abuja, Nigeria: many who have spent the week prote

Abuja, Nigeria: many who have spent the week protesting against police brutality sing ‘Amazing Grace’ at a candle service in honour of those killed by the police (video taken: 16 Oct 2020).
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We are commissioning student photographers around Nigeria, who are capturing the #EndSARS #EndSWAT protests and can provide us daily images and/or videos. If this is you, send us a message with links to your work, the location (state) of the protests you are covering and your email address. We especially encourage photographers outside Lagos.
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The economic impact of COVID-19 in Africa. #OnSite

The economic impact of COVID-19 in Africa. #OnSite⚡⁠
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In our latest online essay, writer and practitioner, Oluwaseun Oguntuase, examines the economic impact of COVID-19 in Africa.⁠
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Oguntuase explains that apart from the detrimental effect of COVID-19 on public health, 'the world is experiencing an economic crisis triggered by the disruption of both supply and demand chains, lockdowns, social distancing rules, border closures and travel restrictions, as well as stay-home advisories'. There are still many unknowns about the COVID-19 pandemic, Oguntuase writes, 'but many have argued its impact on African economies will be severe'.⁠
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Oguntuase notes that according to the World Bank, 'sub-Saharan Africa could experience its first recession in 25 years, and the pandemic could cost the region between $37 billion and $79 billion in output losses in 2020'. Also, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has 'drastically revised its October 2019 economic growth forecasts for sub-Saharan Africa from 5.2 per cent down to -1.6 per cent. The outlook for Nigeria and South Africa, the region’s largest economies, at -3.4 and -5.8 per cent respectively'.⁠
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The COVID-19 pandemic, Oguntuase writes, 'is set to negatively affect Africa’s ability to achieve the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals and Agenda 2063—the African Union blueprint and master plan for transforming Africa into the global powerhouse of the future'.⁠
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Ultimately, Oguntuase says that the COVID-19 pandemic and climate change are both systemic and existential threats to mankind and the mitigation of both 'calls for a whole-of-society response and international cooperation'.⁠
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Do you agree? Let us know in our comments. To read more, click the link in our bio.⁠
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📝: Oluwaseun Oguntuase⁠
📷: A market place in Kenya. 22 April 2020. Photo: World Bank / Sambrian Mbaabu

#EndSARS Protesters in Lagos hold a candle memoria

#EndSARS Protesters in Lagos hold a candle memorial service for those who have been killed by the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS). Lagos, Nigeria. 16 October 2020. #RxEndSARS
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According to Amnesty International, since the #EndSARS peaceful protests against police brutality started on 08 October 2020, Nigerian police officers have killed at least 10 unarmed protesters.
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📷: Anthony Obayomi

Are climate change and COVID-19 connected? #OnSite

Are climate change and COVID-19 connected? #OnSite⚡⁠
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In our latest online essay, writer and practitioner, Oluwaseun Oguntuase, examines how climate change affects COVID-19.⁠
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According to Oguntuase, human activities have caused climate change with devastating environmental and social consequences. Oguntuase says that these activities are 'responsible for the surge in zoonoses, such as the SARS-CoV-2 virus'. Although there is no evidence of a direct causal link between climate change and the emergence and lethality of COVID-19, Oguntuase writes, 'climate change is a pandemic enabler and accelerant'.⁠
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Oguntuase argues that global warming along with other associated factors such as 'habitat destruction, human encroachment and modernization of farming has been associated with the emergence of zoonotic diseases', which he defines as 'diseases that naturally transmit between vertebrate animals and humans.'⁠
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According to The Harvard C-CHANGE Center, which Oguntuase quotes, the 'root causes of climate change also increase the risk of pandemics.’ Also, Oguntuase notes that a growing body of evidence indicates that climate extremes—such as hurricanes, tornadoes and wildfires—are increasing in frequency and intensity as a result of climate change and are likely to intersect with the COVID-19 outbreak.⁠
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Oguntuase says that in Africa, responding to climate emergencies as well as public health crisis 'will be severely constrained by the unfolding economic crisis' but 'if we are to recover after the pandemic, we need to strengthen climate action'.⁠
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Do you agree? Let us know in our comments. For more on this topic, click the link in our bio.⁠
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📝: Oluwaseun Oguntuase⁠
📷: A nurse checks the temperature of a patient at Redemption Hospital in Monrovia, Liberia. Photo: Dominic Chavez / World Bank

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