Vol 48 No 23 | NIGERIAANALYSIS All come to the aid of the party – and fight it out 16th November 2007 All the rival factions in the governing People’s Democratic Party hope to benefit from the postponement of its critical national convention, which has been rescheduled to January. Who wins out at the convention will determine the shape of the government for the next four years. The key issues are control of senior positions within the PDP hierarchy and the party’s support for political reform. Power-brokers on all sides in Abuja seem encouraged by the surprise announcement by the Independent National Electoral Commission on 8 November that the People's Democratic Party convention would...
Vol 41 No 12 | NIGERIA Mixed reviews 9th June 2000 Civilian government wins praise for its democracy but blame for its lack of vision President Olusegun Obasanjo ended his first year in office on 29 May much as he arrived, struggling on several fronts against outbreaks of ethnic, regional and religious violence...
Vol 50 No 13 | NIGERIA Hide and seek 26th June 2009 National Assembly politicians are investigating reports that tens of billions of dollars in revenue from the state-owned Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation's (NNPC) foreign subsidiaries, which have accrued over...
Vol 38 No 12 | SIERRA LEONE Koroma's coup 6th June 1997 It was easy, inept and very bloody. The coup has shattered the hope raised by the brief return of peace and democracy Major Johnny Paul Koroma's 25 May coup d'état (the third change of regime by force in five years) was the most bloody and destructive in Sierra Leone's history....
Vol 59 No 16 | NIGERIA Barbarians at the gate 10th August 2018 A wave of defections to the main opposition party have President Buhari looking anxiously over his shoulder as elections approach The All Progressives' Congress, whose leader President Muhammadu Buhari is taking a holiday in London, has been under political siege for weeks while its senior members contemplated a...