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 11 | NIGERIA Trust still dormant 30th May 2014 Five years after it was launched, the fund intended to help the Ogoni people has yet to disburse any money In March last year Africa Confidential reported that disagreements among the trustees over the Kiisi ('progress' in Ogoni) Trust had prevented any disbursements.
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 65 No 2 | NIGERIA Abductions prompt security alert 18th January 2024 The reported deaths of Nabeeha Al-Kadriyar, who was kidnapped along with 22 others in the Bwari Area of Abuja, and 13-year-old Folasade Ariyo, who was abducted alongside eleven oth...
Vol 62 No 8 | NIGERIAECONOMY Much to be modest about 15th April 2021 The economy is in slightly better shape than feared months ago but faces a toxic combination of unemployment and inflation President Muhammadu Buhari and Nigeria's economy policymakers will certainly welcome the modest improvement in the country's economic outlook. According to the Yemi Kale-led Nation...