James Gibney, Columnist

The Big Question: Can Nigeria Be Saved?

A Q&A with John Campbell, former U.S. ambassador to Nigeria, on the existential challenges facing Africa’s biggest economy.

January 4, 2021 at 1:00 AM EST

By James Gibney

James Gibney is an editor for Bloomberg Opinion. Previously an editor at the Atlantic, the New York Times, Smithsonian, Foreign Policy and the New Republic, he was also in the U.S. Foreign Service from 1989 to 1997 in India, Japan and Washington.

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This is one of a series of interviews by Bloomberg Opinion columnists on how to solve today’s most pressing policy challenges. It has been condensed and edited.

James Gibney: About two weeks ago, more than 300 schoolboys were freed after being abducted from a boarding school by gunmen in northwest Nigeria, an incident that drew widespread media attention. What does this episode and its murky resolution tell us about Nigeria and its future trajectory?

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