Nigeria

  • May 23, 2007
  • 7 min read

AFRICA: Saharan criminality and security interlinked

New evidence is emerging of the range and changing nature of trans-Saharan crime. It is apparent...

  • May 21, 2007
  • 1 min read

NIGERIA: Industrial action compounds oil sector woes

The two main oil workers' unions yesterday threatened to strike at the Nigeria National Petroleum...

Nigeria
  • May 16, 2007
  • 2 min read

SOMALIA: Security remains poor despite TFG 'victory'

Four African Union (AU) peacekeepers were killed today along with a civilian when their convoy...

Somalia
  • May 15, 2007
  • 2 min read

NIGERIA: INEC must share election documentation

The election tribunal established under the Court of Appeal yesterday ordered the Independent...

Nigeria
  • May 11, 2007
  • 2 min read

NIGERIA: Last Obasanjo oil auction raises doubts

The outgoing government of President Olusegun Obasanjo today began the auction process for some...

Nigeria
  • May 8, 2007
  • 2 min read

NIGERIA: Pipeline raids signal wider MEND campaign

The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) claimed today to have destroyed three...

Nigeria
  • May 4, 2007
  • 7 min read

WEST AFRICA: Islam political influence may be waning

West Africa is among the most populous regions of the Islamic world. While Islam has played a...

West Africa
  • May 3, 2007
  • 2 min read

NIGERIA: Delta oil security set to remain poor

Militants kidnapped 17 foreign workers today in two separate attacks in the volatile Niger Delta,...

Nigeria