DISPATCHES Vol 63 No 17 | UNITED NATIONSAFRICAN UNIONCLIMATE CHANGE Fight over Africa’s fossil fuels intensifies 9th August 2022 Climate negotiators push back against AU plan for common position on gas and nuclear energy playing a ‘critical role’ in short to medium term The African Union’s plan to ramp up oil and gas production launched at a preparatory meeting with national negotiating teams has triggered a row with climate experts and green ener... READ FOR FREE
Vol 54 No 14 | NIGERIA The governors and the insurgency 5th July 2013 Quieter streets along with fewer attacks and bombings suggest the declaration of emergency rule in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe states is holding back, for now, the momentum of the Boko...
Vol 62 No 12 | NIGERIA Nnamdi Kanu celebrates 10th June 2021 A government social media ban has handed secessionists a propaganda win and fired up other opponents of the President 'Backfire' doesn't quite cover the effects of the government's national ban on the Twitter micro-blogging site announced on 5 June, the day after the platform deleted a tweet from ...
Vol 59 No 16 | NIGERIA Barbarians at the gate 10th August 2018 A wave of defections to the main opposition party have President Buhari looking anxiously over his shoulder as elections approach The All Progressives' Congress, whose leader President Muhammadu Buhari is taking a holiday in London, has been under political siege for weeks while its senior members contemplate...
Vol 62 No 10 | NIGERIA A country at war with itself 13th May 2021 Political disputes between the federal and state governments are making the security crisis more intractable Another day, another round of crisis meetings to tackle insurgents, armed criminal gangs and communal clashes. As the National Security Council of service and intelligence chiefs m...