January 11, 2010
In the wake of the attempted bombing of a U.S. commercial airliner by a Nigerian national, Nigeria’s President Umaru Yar’Adua is still missing in action—and has been since mid-November. CGD senior fellow Todd Moss explains why this matters and lists steps the U.S. government should take to help stabilize Nigeria, Africa’s most populous nation, a major source of oil for Americans, and now a potential terrorist concern.