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 49 No 10 | NIGERIA The gas ghost keeps haunting 9th May 2008 US investigators say they have new evidence of corruption by international companies working on Nigeria's gas export plant Criminal investigators in the United States and Europe are widening their probe into claims that the USA's oil service giant Halliburton and three other multinationals working on a...
Vol 38 No 18 | BENINNIGERIA Cross-border crimes 12th September 1997 As pressure mounts on Nigeria's military regime, Abacha tackles his border problems Chairing the Economic Community of West African States has pushed the reclusive General Sani Abacha into the limelight with Nigeria's neighbours. None, perhaps, is more important t...
Vol 4 (AAC) No 4 | NIGERIACHINA Can’t pay, won’t pay 28th February 2011 Friendly rhetoric and big promises between Beijing and Abuja do not deliver as payment problems strain ties Big deals between the Nigerian government and Chinese companies have fallen through, providing yet another chapter to the up-and-down drama between Beijing and Abuja. On 10 Februa...