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 42 No 17 | NIGERIA How Sharia spread 31st August 2001 North-west Nigeria, with probably more than 30 million people, is the country's most populous zone - overwhelmingly Muslim, with significant numbers of Christians only in southern ...
Vol 51 No 12 | NIGERIABRITAIN Welcome to London 11th June 2010 Britain’s Metropolitan Police have told Africa Confidential that they are confident they will secure the extradition of Nigeria’s former Delta State Governor James Ibori from Dubai...
Vol 6 (AAC) No 2 | NIGERIACHINABRIEFING More dam delays 4th December 2012 Two new large dams will be built before President Goodluck Jonathan’s first presidential term expires in 2015, according to the government. The companies constructing the dams, how...
Vol 62 No 14 | NIGERIA Abuja takes on the secessionists 8th July 2021 The security services haul in militant separatist Nnamdi Kanu then narrowly miss Sunday Igboho in Ibadan The Department of State Services (DSS) emerged from the shadows at the end of last month with all guns blazing, literally. Its targets were two hyper-populists from the south, both... READ FOR FREE