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 51 No 1 | NIGERIA A khaki option on the table 8th January 2010 Nigeria’s military, though much diminished, still sees itself as the last truly national institution and the final custodian of the state. If the current crisis unravels, senior of...
Vol 60 No 4 | NIGERIA Governors get set 22nd February 2019 As the states demand more power from the creaking federal system, the governorship races are getting closer and more important When the world shifts its attention away from Nigeria's headline-making presidential election, the country's provincial politicians will be shifting into high gear. On 9 March, Nig...
Vol 63 No 14 | NIGERIA Atiku and Tinubu clash on the economy 7th July 2022 Spiralling prices, public debt and joblessness make living standards the top issue in the presidential race A month after their emergence as presidential candidates, the economic programmes of Bola Tinubu and Atiku Abubakar extolling the virtues of untrammelled market economics face more...
Vol 64 No 4 | NIGERIA The naira republic's banknote crisis hurts (almost) everyone 16th February 2023 Campaigners for the ruling party's presidential candidate accuse the central bank of sabotage days ahead of the election A desperate scarcity of banknotes and fuel are adding a final note of drama to what looks like the most open election ever in Nigeria. Whatever the merits of his eight-year rule, P... READ FOR FREE