George Ajjan | Political Strategist

Interview: Fragmentation on the Nigerian Political Scene

2026-05-21T02:08:00.000-04:00

"You really have quite a fragmented situation there, and that's only going to benefit the incumbent."

Interview: 2027 Nigerian elections - will the GCC be kingmaker?

2026-03-31T14:05:00.001-04:00

"The dark horse in the race is the money from the GCC and it's in the interest of Nigerian political parties to court those funds."

Interview: Ivory Coast post-election analysis

2025-10-27T13:58:00.001-04:00

"I feel like a broken record beacuse for 15 years I've been saying that if you're an opposition party you have got to mount a proper lobbying effort in foreign capitals."

Interview: Ivory Coast election predictions

2025-09-30T13:48:00.001-04:00

"Compared to 92-year-old Paul Biya, Alassane Outtara looks like quite a young man at the age of 83."

Interview: Cameroon elections

2025-08-08T02:49:00.008-04:00

"A 92-year-old man who rarely appears in public is clearly not running the show all by himself, it's the entourage . So the question is, who are those people loyal to and what are their interests? So I think the palace intrigue is really what's what's at stake here."

Editorial: Critical minerals and 21st century geopolitics

2025-06-25T06:22:00.001-04:00

Elements like cobalt and lithium to rare earth elements have become essential to the proliferation of modern technology: neither batteries, electric vehicles, wind turbines, semiconductors, and advanced military systems can be industrialized without them. The scramble continues, and nations possessing these resources will insist upon having their seat at the table. They will become strategic chokepoints as global competition intensifies.