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 39 No 20 | NIGERIA Usman Optimism 9th October 1998 After four years as a virtual pariah, Nigeria was feted at the International Monetary Fund and World Bank annual meeting as a rare bright spot on a sea of almost unremitting gloom....
Vol 64 No 12 | NIGERIA Shell holds up clean-up payments in graft row 26th May 2023 Sacked director of Ogoniland project spells out corruption concerns in rebuke to environment ministry Shell is withholding payments towards the Ogoniland clean-up until it sees a full accounting for the disputed contracts issued to date, Africa Confidential has learned from sources... READ FOR FREE
Vol 54 No 11 | NIGERIA Lagos leniency 24th May 2013 A Lagos court has sentenced Azim Aghajani, the Iranian convicted on 13 May of importing 13 containers of infantry weapons, to only five years, along with his Nigerian accomplice, U...
Vol 56 No 2 | NIGERIA Elections face new risks 23rd January 2015 With three weeks to go until voting day, almost half the electorate still lack voters’ cards and could be disenfranchised New doubts about the timing of the presidential and governorship elections, currently due on 14 and 28 February respectively, will complicate national security. Because some 30 mil... READ FOR FREE