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 56 No 5 | NIGERIA Welcome back, General 6th March 2015 Addressing a packed auditorium at Chatham House in London on 26 February, General Muhammadu Buhari may have mused about his last big encounter with the British establishment. Thirt...
Vol 44 No 13 | NIGERIA Atlantic crossing 27th June 2003 Promising that his second-term government would be based on merit not party allegiance, President Olusegun Obasanjo said the focus would be on economic growth and job creation as d...
Vol 1 (AAC) No 6 | NIGERIA Shamsudeen Usman 7th November 2008 Finance Minister, Nigeria Since joining Umaru Musa Yar'Adua's cabinet in 2007 as Finance Minister, Shamsudeen Usman has courted foreign investment - particularly from China - to rejuvenate Nigeria's in...
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.