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UK's Asylum for the IPOB: Beyond the Myths and Reality of Foreign Policy Reviews in Nigeria


By Bola A. Akinterinwa
There were two major events in the past one week: the holding of a conference on Nigeria’s foreign policy and the consideration of a possible grant of political asylum to members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) by the Government of the United Kingdom. One important nexus between the two events is that they are both about foreign policy challenges that have always, at best, not been well addressed. For instance, how do we explain the quest for and the grant of an asylum to the IPOB? What is an asylum in international diplomatic practice? Should the reaction of the Federal Government, through the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, to the grant of asylum by the British be an issue of concern? ....

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In Conversation with Rory Stewart


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Charles Kenny, Senior Fellow, Center for Global Development
Join CGD for a discussion with Rory Stewart on issues including the new UK Defense Security and Foreign Policy Review, the moves to reduce the UK’s ODA commitment from 0.7 percent of GDP, the merger of the UK’s Department for International Development and Foreign Office, Covid-19 and the global response, global policymaking around climate and aid effectiveness.
Rory Stewart, currently a Senior Fellow at the Yale Jackson Institute for Global Affairs, was the UK Secretary of State for International development in 2019. Prior to that, Stewart served in a variety of roles including as Minister of the Environment, as Minister of State responsible for development policy in the Middle East and Asia and UK policy in Africa, as Minister of State for Justice, and as Chair of the House of Commons Defense Select Committee. Earlier in his career he served briefly as an infantry officer and then as a diplomat ....

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