Creator
Idayat Hassan
Idayat Hassan is director of the Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD), an Abuja-based policy advocacy and research organization with focus on deepening democracy and development in West Africa. Idayat was previously principal program officer and team leader for democratic governance at the CDD. She previously coordinated the Movement Against Corruption in Nigeria (MAC). Idayat is a lawyer by profession and has held fellowships in several universities across Europe and America. Her core interest spans democracy, peace and security and transitional justice in West Africa.
Shadow states infest Africa’s democracies
Two recent reports show evidence that democracy in Africa is being threatened by private power networks
America’s lessons for African dictators
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Unite with Nigeria’s ‘Speak Up’ generation protesting against police brutality
Photos of citizens draped in the bloodied flag have spread around the world in the month the country should be celebrating 60 years of independence
Is WhatsApp shaping democracy in Africa?
A study shows that the social messaging platform is both emancipatory and destructive, particularly during election campaigns
WhatsApp: Cibiyar farfaganda a lokacin zaben Nijeriya
Kafofin sada zumunta sun taka muhimmiyar rawa a zaben Nijeriya da ya gabata.
Nigeria’s ‘propaganda secretaries’
Social media and fake news played a big role in Nigeria’s general election.These online entrepreneurs make a living from it