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 41 No 9 | NIGERIA Promises, promises 28th April 2000 Two new rows are brewing about Nigeria's debt. One concerns the whereabouts of some US$700-800 million of Nigerian promissory notes. Although the International Monetary Fund says t...
Vol 43 No 4 | NIGERIA Crossed lines 22nd February 2002 Africa's biggest privatisation so far, the US$1.3 billion deal for control of Nitel, Nigeria's state telecoms company, is unravelling. A consortium of Nigerian businesses, banks, s...
Vol 62 No 10 | NIGERIA The northern nexus 13th May 2021 As the security emergency spreads across the core northern states, insurgents and bandits are devastating an already weakened regional economy Until recently, governors in the northern states were chary of criticising President Muhammadu Buhari's government on security policy. That is changing as the crisis intensifies an...
Vol 62 No 25 | NIGERIA Buhari gambles on cash transfers on his way out 3rd December 2021 As the government ends fuel subsidies, the president plans to introduce an even costlier social grant to over 40 million citizens Just over a year before he's due to step down, President Muhammadu Buhari is taking some uncharacteristic risks. His government is phasing out politically sensitive subsidies and a...