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 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 44 No 20 | NIGERIA So, farewell then 10th October 2003 Rilwanu Lukman's sudden resignation on 7 October as Special Advisor on Oil to Nigeria's President Olusegun Obasanjo is likely to trigger other high-level departures as the crisis i...
Vol 51 No 1 | NIGERIA A khaki option on the table 8th January 2010 Nigeria’s military, though much diminished, still sees itself as the last truly national institution and the final custodian of the state. If the current crisis unravels, senior of...
Vol 51 No 5 | NIGERIA Yar'Adua goes into extra time 5th March 2010 The reappearance of the President has worsened the political paralysis – and the splits in the PDP government On 3 March, the state governors decided to block a vote that could have set in motion President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua’s enforced resignation on medical grounds. This has won his supp...