Vol 50 No 24 | NIGERIA Recycled activists, new tactics 4th December 2009 On 24 November, the Mega Summit Movement (MSM) disclosed plans to launch a Mega Party in 2010. Its three component groups had hitherto looked more like siblings squabbling...
Vol 38 No 10 | NIGERIA Delta wars 9th May 1997 Ethnic rivalries and government blunders are fuelling clashes over oil money The fighting between Ijaws and Itsekiris in Warri, the oil city of Delta State in South-Western Nigeria, threatens to halt oil production in Nigeria's most lucrative fields. The...
Vol 56 No 8 | NIGERIA 'No condition is permanent' 17th April 2015 The credibility of the election and transition breaks the political mould and opens up the possibility of radical change One of President Goodluck Jonathan's campaign advisors had it all figured out a few weeks before the presidential election on 28 March. 'Nigerian elections are all about regional... READ FOR FREE
Vol 37 No 3 | SIERRA LEONE Big sister's olive branch 2nd February 1996 Brigadier Maada Bio wants a family reconciliation to help end the rebel war Freetown may be stumbling into a peace deal of sorts with the rebels it has been fighting for the last four years. Brigadier Julius Maada Bio and his...
Vol 42 No 25 | NIGERIA Octopus at work 21st December 2001 Opus Dei, a secretive organisation favoured by Pope John-Paul II, hopes to sign up more followers in Africa, where only 1,500 of its 80,000 members are estimated to...