Vol 58 No 18 | SIERRA LEONE Pretty vacant presidency 8th September 2017 The ruling party still has no candidate for the next election. The opposition has several but its previous candidate won't budge Although the election to find a successor for President Ernest Bai Koroma takes place on 7 March next year, the country's two leading parties are yet to select...
Vol 65 No 9 | NIGERIA Cardoso plans a brave new banking world 25th April 2024 Tough new capital requirements by the central bank will mean fewer but busier commercial banks An improbable revolutionary, central bank governor, Olayemi Michael Cardoso, could preside over the biggest shake-up of Nigeria's financial sector for decades. His announcement last month of tough new...
Vol 56 No 24 | NIGERIA The return of OPL 245 4th December 2015 The government has reopened the can of worms known as Oil Prospecting Licence 245. President Muhammadu Buhari has sent investigators after the beneficiaries of the US$1.1 billion that...
Vol 42 No 16 | LIBERIASIERRA LEONE Fuelling conflict 10th August 2001 Poisoned by Liberia's support for the rebel Revolutionary United Front, relations between President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah's government and President Charles Taylor face a new test. They are...
Vol 42 No 1 | NIGERIASÃO TOMÉ & PRÍNCIPE Big brother 12th January 2001 Negotiators from giant Nigeria and tiny São Tomé e Príncipe hope to conclude a landmark agreement to settle a border dispute at talks due to begin in São...