Vol 58 No 16 | NIGERIA Letting a crisis go to waste 4th August 2017 President Buhari's supporters insist he's about to take back the reins of office and all bets are off for the 2019 election Politicians from Chicago to China insist that lurking behind every crisis is an opportunity. Nigeria has been putting that adage to the test, first with the crashing oil prices and...
Vol 58 No 16 | LIBERIA After Ellen 4th August 2017 Presidential hopefuls are finding it difficult to get their message heard in a crowded field of twenty candidates Officially, campaigning for the seat shortly to be vacated by President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, Africa's first female President and a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, began on 31 July. Y...
Vol 58 No 16 | SENEGAL Who loves ya, BBY? 4th August 2017 Prime Minister Mahammed Boun Abdallah Dionne declared on 1 August that the presidential coalition Benno Bokk Yakaar, which he managed, had swept the electoral board, taking 42 of S...
Vol 58 No 16 | GAMBIA No licence to drill 4th August 2017 African Petroleum Corporation Limited, founded by Vasile 'Frank' Timis, risks losing its foothold in Gambia's growing oil and gas sector after failing to renew the exploration lice...
Vol 58 No 15 | NIGERIAUNITED STATES Diezani in their sights 21st July 2017 The net tightens around former Oil Minister Allison-Madueke as US prosecutors target her business partners' assets The filing of a US$144 million assets recovery case in Houston on 14 July points to substantive progress in international investigations into tens of billions of dollars of oil con...
Vol 58 No 14 | NIGERIA Polarisation politics 7th July 2017 Efforts to enflame north-south relations have triggered widespread condemnation and revived memories of the civil war Of all the fights to pick in Nigeria, attacking the Igbo people is probably the most incendiary. Perhaps that was the motivation of the northern Arewa Youth Consultative Forum last...
Vol 58 No 11 | NIGERIA A date with destiny 26th May 2017 Expectations are building about a statement on 29 May – the mid-point of Muhammadu Buhari's presidential term When the army chief warns politicians to stop approaching 'officers and soldiers for undisclosed political reasons', as General Tukur Buratai did on 16 May, and the government's to... READ FOR FREE
Vol 58 No 11 | CÔTE D'IVOIRE Cash and cache 26th May 2017 A third soldiers' mutiny this year ended on 15 May with the government promising 8,400 men would get the remainder of an €18,000 ($20,000) bonus. The bonus had been agreed at ...
Vol 58 No 11 | MALI Mali for Macron 26th May 2017 President Emmanuel Macron of France used his debut overseas visit to troops at the French military base in Gao to send a blunt message for two audiences. To the French electorate, ...
Vol 58 No 10 | NIGERIA Bitter pills for the politicians 12th May 2017 The lack of reliable information about Buhari's health has prompted ambitious politicians to seek to replace him in 2019, or before If the management of news about President Muhammadu Buhari's illness had been deliberately designed to sow fear and despondency in the nation, its authors could hardly have done a ... READ FOR FREE