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 1 (AAC) No 6 | NIGERIACHINA A $50 Billion Handshake 7th November 2008 Beijing may not want much to do with Nigeria A sizable and much-ballyhooed credit line looks to be little more than a goodwill gesture from China to Nigeria, promising much but delivering little. The brief fanfare attached ...
Vol 63 No 15 | NIGERIA Peter Obi shakes up the political class 21st July 2022 The depth of the country's crises is forcing voters to rethink their choices – to the great benefit of the former governor of Anambra state Millionaire bankers make improbable revolutionaries, especially in Nigeria. But Peter Obi, the geeky former governor of Anambra state, is upending the political establishment's com...
Vol 56 No 15 | NIGERIA Coming to America – the sequel 22nd July 2015 After three days of meetings with President Obama and his government, President Buhari has repaired the ailing relationship It was organised rapidly but President Muhammadu Buhari’s first official visit to the United States on 19-22 July made serious progress on security, anti-corruption and energy agre... READ FOR FREE
Vol 42 No 25 | NIGERIA Octopus at work 21st December 2001 Opus Dei, a secretive organisation favoured by Pope John-Paul II, hopes to sign up more followers in Africa, where only 1,500 of its 80,000 members are estimated to live. Its found...