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 55 No 10 | NIGERIA Everyone loses 16th May 2014 The unfolding tragedy of the abducted schoolgirls exposes the government’s lack of strategy and will prolong the insurgency In the short term, the crisis triggered by Boko Haram's kidnapping of more than 230 schoolgirls from Chibok in Borno State damages all those involved in addition to the students: P...
Vol 55 No 20 | NIGERIA ENI in the cross-hairs 10th October 2014 Italian prosecutors want British help in investigating ENI for possible bribery of Nigerian officials Italian public prosecutors have asked Britain to freeze an account holding US$85 million in their preliminary investigation into whether top officials in the ENI oil company conspi...
Vol 43 No 21 | NIGERIASÃO TOMÉ & PRÍNCIPE Trouble in oil 25th October 2002 A symbol of regional cooperation, the Nigeria-São Tomé e Príncipe Joint Development Zone (JDZ), launched only in January, looks close to collapse.
Vol 59 No 14 | NIGERIA A split by any other name 13th July 2018 A new grand opposition coalition and fresh splits in the President’s party are changing calculations about next year’s elections The latest round of defections and manoeuvrings in Abuja give weight to the opposition People's Democratic Party announcement that it will lead a new Coalition of United Political ...