Vol 53 No 3 | NIGERIA How terror came to Kano 3rd February 2012 Boko Haram’s latest massacre raised more questions about the government’s security policy and the responsibility of northern leaders Since the killing of more than 185 people in Kano on 20 January, southern Nigerian politicians have been railing at Northern and Muslim leaders for their failure to...
Vol 40 No 4 | NIGERIA The General's election 19th February 1999 Twenty years after he left power, Gen. Obasanjo looks set to return, this time with an electoral mandate General Olusegun Obasanjo, Nigeria’s first military officer to hand power to an elected government, looks set - 20 years later - to become the first officer to win...
Vol 44 No 5 | NIGERIAFRANCEAFRICA Jacques is back 7th March 2003 France's triumphal return to Africa is marred only slightly by the tricky problems it faces there It was an impressive turnout. Forty-two heads of state or government braved the icy cold of Paris and its unlovely Porte Maillot conference centre for the biennial...
Vol 52 No 20 | NIGERIAGULF OF GUINEAPIRACY The Security Council lands a new African problem 7th October 2011 Nigeria calls a debate on worsening piracy in the Gulf of Guinea The United Nations Security Council does not lack for African problems: the continent’s woes take up about three quarters of the Council’s time. Later this month, a new...
Vol 57 No 10 | NIGERIA Avengers assemble 13th May 2016 As sabotage attacks and pipeline breakdowns in the Delta take as much as 400,000 barrels per day (bpd), the shadowy Niger Delta Avengers group claims it has launched...