Vol 60 No 6 | NIGERIA Election credibility on trial 22nd March 2019 With his party winning new ground in state elections, the opposition presidential candidate alleges systematic voter fraud Promising to call evidence from forensic scientists, statisticians and psephologists, the People's Democratic Party presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar filed his petition challenging the official results of the 23...
Vol 61 No 19 | SIERRA LEONE Strife hampers Bio's reforms 21st September 2020 The government's reforming zeal on education and administration is far from healing wider social divisions Rowdy partisan battles and a pandemic-weakened economy are slowing the government's efforts to create jobs and invest in education and public health. Promoting national reconciliation after two decades...
Vol 37 No 3 | NIGERIA Who's killing who? 2nd February 1996 Bombings and arms caches mean that both sides are upping the stakes in the political crisis The rumblings are getting more ominous. General Sani Abacha's son killed in a plane crash, bombings in the north, tons of guns and ammunition found on the Benin...
Vol 50 No 23 | SIERRA LEONE From cowboys to corporates 20th November 2009 For years, cowboy outfits have churned through Sierra Leone's red dirt for diamonds and gold, but now the government is getting serious about extractive industries. Listed companies already...
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...