Vol 60 No 15 | NIGERIA The Gang of 43 breaks cover 26th July 2019 Light on technocrats, heavy on party hacks with accountability issues, many ask whether the new ministerial team was worth the four-month wait With an extra five members, stuffed with party loyalists and an average age of 60, President Muhammadu Buhari's new ministerial team cannot be accused of exuding dynamism or... READ FOR FREE
Vol 61 No 16 | NIGERIA Groaning about zoning 6th August 2020 A proposal that the President's election should be based wholly on merit – not rotation between north and south – has caused a storm Politicians and pundits in Nigeria have shown a rare unanimity in outrage at comments by Mamman Daura, widely regarded as President Muhammadu Buhari's most influential advisor, about the...
Vol 51 No 12 | NIGERIABRITAIN Welcome to London 11th June 2010 Britain’s Metropolitan Police have told Africa Confidential that they are confident they will secure the extradition of Nigeria’s former Delta State Governor James Ibori from Dubai, ‘by the...
Vol 6 (AAC) No 4 | NIGERIACHINA Sanusi's message from Davos 11th February 2013 Central Bank of Nigeria Governor Lamido Sanusi took to the stage at the World Economic Forum (23-27 January) in Davos, Switzerland, to argue that Africa’s relationship with China...
Vol 47 No 8 | SIERRA LEONE The accused 14th April 2006 The main point of the United Nations-backed Special Court was to try 'those with the greatest responsibility' for the ten-year war that left 50,000 people dead and half...