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Patrick Egwu
Patrick Egwu is a Nigerian journalist currently based in Johannesburg, where he is an Open Society Foundations fellow on Investigative Reporting at the University of the Witwatersrand.
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Articles By Patrick Egwu
Police officers stop and search a bus carrying passengers around Lekki toll gate in Lagos Friday, Oct. 23, 2020. Resentment lingered with the smell of charred tires Friday as Nigeria's streets were relatively calm after days of protests over police abuses, while authorities gave little acknowledgement to reports of the military killing at least 12 peaceful demonstrators earlier this week. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
Politics & Society Dispatches
Nigeria’s Catholic leaders call for an end to crackdown on #EndSARS protestors
Patrick EgwuOctober 23, 2020
The demands of the demonstrators have quickly expanded into a broad critique of government corruption, incompetence and impunity as human rights abuses and economic malaise continues in Nigeria.
Politics & Society Dispatches
The Catholic Church’s fight against gender-based violence in Nigeria
Patrick EgwuAugust 03, 2020
The Nigerian governors’ forum has declared a state of emergency because of the upsurge of violence against women.
A woman holds a sign as demonstrators gather in September 2019, at the World Economic Forum on Africa in Cape Town during a protest against gender-based violence. (CNS photo/Sumaya Hisham, Reuters) 
Politics & Society Dispatches
Coming out of Covid lockdown, South African women face another deadly problem: femicide
Patrick EgwuJuly 09, 2020
A wave of killing of women and children has horrified the country in recent weeks since the gradual easing of the coronavirus lockdown restrictions on June 1.