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Ibrahim Anoba

  • Editor, African Liberty and Freelance Contributor, Freelance
Africa, California, Washington, D.C.
As seen in: Gazeta do Povo, The Daily Caller, Pulse Nigeria, Premium Times, The Nation (Nigeria), Modern Ghana, The National Interest, Sahara Reporters, Pulse Ghana, Nigerian Tribune and
Covers:  Political History of Africa
Lagos Island born and bred. @UCDavis alum, working @UMich

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Ibrahim Anoba’s Biography

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Ibrahim Bàbátúndé Anọ́ba is the Editor of AfricanLiberty.org—Africa's premier platform for advancing individual freedom and economic prosperity. He is an expert in the African Political Economy with interest in African history and philosophy.

He has extensively written on the effects of central planning in contemporary Africa and the dynamics of development economics using current issues. Some of his opinions have featured in reports of Transparency International, Eurasia Review and the Chr. Mi…

Ibrahim Anoba’s Journalist Portfolio

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Boko Haram attack on Nigeria oil team 'killed more than 50'

Boko Haram attack on Nigeria oil team 'killed more than 50'

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The World Bank on Corruption and Aid in Africa (Jim Yong Kim)

The World Bank on Corruption and Aid in Africa (Jim Yong Kim)

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Two Shades of China in Africa

Two Shades of China in Africa

There is no one-way answer to the benefits of China-Africa relations on African development. There are unprec…

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Articles

I Knew Africa’s Most Important Economist. It Needs Economic Freedom

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By Ibrahim Anoba
| Borderless
This op-ed originally appeared in National Review. Reeling from military coups in Gabon and Niger, Africa is being put to the test. Many African economies, once primed for rapid growth, have encountered major stumbling blocks, putting prosperity on hold for hundreds of millions of people. African countries remain some of the poorest in the world.
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Nigeria’s Human Freedom Deficit

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By Ibrahim Anoba
| theiatp.org
In the recently published 2021 Human Freedom Index (HFI) authored by experts at the Cato Institute and Fraser Institute, Nigeria placed 123rd among 165 countries and territories ranked in the study. One relatable consequence of this poor placement is that an individual is more likely to experience police brutality and other state repressions in Nigeria than in Uganda, Niger, or Haiti, all ranked higher than Nigeria. But Nigeria is the architect of its embarrassment.
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Burkina Faso’s most recent coup proves the African Union is a toothless bulldog

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By Ibrahim Anoba
| Mail & Guardian Verified
The recent coup in Burkina Faso that deposed Roch Marc Kaboré may be a consequence of the president’s many failures. But it also reflects the continued failure of the African Union (AU) in preventing specific problems in member states from degenerating into coups. When military officers in the former Upper Volta dismissed pioneer president Maurice Yameogo from office on January 3, 1966, the public was thrown into a frenzy in approval of the coup, and rightly so.
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