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 48 No 25 | NIGERIA The oil governor under arrest 14th December 2007 Ibori incarcerated after investigation Former Governor of Delta State James Ibori was arrested in the early hours of 12 December by officials from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) who have been invest...
Vol 48 No 9 | NIGERIA The men from the south 27th April 2007 Bayelsa State's head of security, Bola Igali, barked orders into his mobile phone. 'We have a security situation developing,' he told Africa Confidential, breaking off the intervie...
Vol 41 No 5 | NIGERIA In God's name 3rd March 2000 The agitation for Islamic law is as much political and ethnic as it is religious; its proponents have weakened and divided the North The government appears to have negotiated a respite in its latest crisis. On 29 February the governors of five northern states said they would stop plans to enforce Sharia (Islamic...
Vol 49 No 23 | NIGERIA Among the survivors 14th November 2008 After months of speculation, President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua has sacked half his cabinet but retained several of his old associates and surprisingly kept on a few of the worst-perfor...