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Back to Ogoniland

Federal troops are back in the heartland of the former Delta rebellion as politicians use militants and gangsters to expand their reach

The return of the army to Ogoniland after an 18-year absence has deep political resonance. All the more so because there is now a fierce contest for political...


Death on the beach

Security concerns are growing after the death of an opponent of the President and the coming withdrawal of UN peacekeepers

The death of influential politician and businessman Harry Greaves, whose body was found washed up on a Monrovia beach on 31 January, has thrown up questions in Liberia...


Knock-out in two

President Mahamadou Issoufou approaches the 20 March second round of the presidential election all but certain of a victorious outcome. He fell short of his loudly proclaimed intention...


The great militant chase

Whether or not he ends up in a Lagos court, Tompolo and his supporters can cause havoc by relaunching the militant campaign in the Delta 

The search is on for the militant kingpin High Chief Government Ekpemupolo, aka Tompolo, who has disappeared since a court warrant was issued last month for his arrest...

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The political toll of Ebola

Unused ambulances parked in the open in the midst of the outbreak are just one image of horror emerging in a new report

Standing prominently in front of the maternity ward of Kenema Government Hospital is a newly erected plaque bearing the names of 36 health workers who perished combating the...


Zinsou stretches his lead

After less than a year in politics, the Premier looks the favourite to succeed Thomas Yayi Boni as President

Prime Minister only since May and widely viewed as a politically naive presidential protégé, Lionel Zinsou approaches the first round of voting in the presidential election on 6...


War for the soul of the state

The struggle between a rent-seeking old guard and young reformers bent on making history of impunity has reached a crucial juncture

Almost six months after President José Mario Vaz 'Jomav' sacked the popular Prime Minister Domingos Simões Pereira, a deadly struggle for power grinds on. Both sides are...


Condé strikes out on his own

The president's efforts to stamp out corruption are meeting resistance from loyalists seeking rewards, while the opposition goes into freefall

President Alpha Condé is enjoying the freedom of manoeuvre that his second and final term of office has given him. He has picked a cabinet of ministers of...


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