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 38 No 19 | NIGERIA Oil glistens 26th September 1997 General Sani Abacha's regime may be a pariah for Western and Commonwealth governments but it's determined to win friends in his own region. Not content with being Chairman of the E...
Vol 64 No 10 | NIGERIAEUROPEAN UNION Will you be my strategic partner? 11th May 2023 The European Union's diplomatic service, the European External Action Service, has earmarked four countries, one from each continent, as 'key strategic partners' as it seeks to boo...
Vol 45 No 13 | NIGERIA Gasmen 25th June 2004 General Ibrahim Babangida, Head of State, August 1985-August 1993. Presided over the formation of the Nigerian Liquefied Natural Gas joint venture but insisted the state-owned Nige...
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...