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 61 No 9 | NIGERIACOVID-19 Kudos to the health-workers 30th April 2020 Despite grandstanding by some senior politicians, it is the doctors and nurses who are winning public support in the fight against the coronavirus Criticisms are mounting about the lack of a coherent national strategy to manage the coronavirus pandemic. The missing piece is effective leadership from the national task force, u...
Vol 54 No 2 | NIGERIA Abuja’s foreign legion 18th January 2013 The troops now on their way to Mali to fight alongside the French are extending the campaign against Boko Haram The 900 troops sent this week to fight alongside French and local forces in Mali are joining an operation which the Nigerian government sees as an extension of its fight against Bo...
Vol 2 (AAC) No 1 | NIGERIACHINA The honeymoon is over 27th November 2008 The once thriving Abuja-Beijing relationship has hit problems The catastrophic failure in November of Nigeria’s US$340 million, Chinese-built satellite NIGCOMSAT-1, launched only a year ago, is the latest, most visible indication of increas...
Vol 57 No 24 | NIGERIA Army's 'Biafra' overreaction 2nd December 2016 Five years ago, the movement for a separate Igbo nation, Biafra, seemed dead in the water of the Niger Delta. Fighting between leaders of the secessionist Movement for the Actualis...