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 64 No 10 | NIGERIAEUROPEAN UNION Will you be my strategic partner? 11th May 2023 The European Union's diplomatic service, the European External Action Service, has earmarked four countries, one from each continent, as 'key strategic partners' as it seeks to boo...
Vol 64 No 13 | NIGERIA Tinubu's team looks for shock absorbers 23rd June 2023 Having chosen to push through radical reforms in the government's first weeks, officials are scrambling to address the political consequences After the policy advisors around President Bola Ahmed Tinubu backed a shock therapy approach to ending fuel subsidies and floating the naira, their next priority is to cushion the ...
Vol 59 No 15 | NIGERIA The probity contest 27th July 2018 To convince voters of his hard line on corruption, President Buhari’s prosecutors will have to win some cases at last With primaries for the 2019 election fast approaching, President Muhammadu Buhari is under pressure to push ahead with his anti-graft campaign. The Fulani herder-farmer killings an...
Vol 58 No 20 | NIGERIA Homage to Catalonia 6th October 2017 As their central governments fight secessionists this week, Nigeria and Spain discover they have a few things in common Proponents of Biafra as an independent state in south-east Nigeria have seized upon the Spanish government's mishandling of the Catalonian secessionists to score propaganda points ... READ FOR FREE