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 60 No 7 | NIGERIA Clean-up or cover-up? 5th April 2019 Links between Big Oil and politicians are blocking a multimillion-dollar environmental rescue plan for the Delta The UN-mandated clean-up of oil-polluted Ogoniland is becoming mired in allegations of pay-outs to politicians to rig elections in Rivers State. Violence and vote-rigging over two ...
Vol 51 No 16 | NIGERIA Political spills 6th August 2010 A new burst of militancy is haunting the Niger Delta less than a year after the amnesty deal delivered an uneasy peace Delays over cash payments, the coming national elections and rising concern over oil pollution are behind the latest wave of protests and attacks in the Delta. Scores are being set...
Vol 52 No 8 | NIGERIA A trap for the juggernaut 15th April 2011 The governing party has taken a hit in the National Assembly but Goodluck Jonathan remains favourite to win the presidential vote Parliamentary elections on 9 April showed that Nigerians are no longer willing to be taken for granted by the People’s Democratic Party, which has towered over the political scene ...
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.