Vol 58 No 10 | NIGERIA An avenger unmasked 12th May 2017 All the masked vigilantes in comic books have secret identities but few expected a member of the Niger Delta Avengers, one of the region's most effective militant groups,...
Vol 48 No 3 | NIGERIA Bond breakthrough 2nd February 2007 Some might consider it risky for a Nigerian bank to issue a US$300 million Eurobond on the international capital markets for the first time - just three months...
Vol 59 No 16 | NIGERIA Politics of patronage 10th August 2018 Long-delayed legislation promises to free the oil industry from state control – but will the government want to surrender this trump card? Nigeria's governments come and go but its oil and gas governance legislation keeps rolling on. The Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) was conceived during Olusegun Obasanjo's first elected term...
Vol 53 No 4 | SIERRA LEONE Early exit for UN envoy 17th February 2012 President Koroma falls out with a top diplomat over allegations of political interference United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon closed the door on a bitter dispute with the government of President Ernest Bai Koroma by recalling his Executive Representative for the...
Vol 57 No 20 | SIERRA LEONE Iron Man 7th October 2016 Facing lacklustre demand in the global market, the country's iron-ore production is only slowly recovering from the disaster of the Ebola epidemic of 2014-2015. The leading company in...