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Nigeria
NNPC set to finalise new $2bn oil-backed loan

For the second time this year, Nigeria's national oil company has turned to the oil trading houses to help it find fresh funds. Following the criticism generated by the first operation, however, it has been more discreet about the new one.

Subscribers only Energy 18.12.2024

Nigeria
Marriages open up governorship election campaign in Kano State

The two front-runners for the post of governor in the northern Nigerian state are starting to muster their forces and form new alliances. They have no qualms about using their children's marriages to this end.

Subscribers only Politics 27.11.2024

Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, emir of Kano, in northern Nigeria, during the Durbar festival, on 2 September 2017.

Nigeria
Tinubu family and billionaire Gilbert Chagoury cement ties

The president's son Seyi Tinubu was recently appointed director of a subsidiary of Chagoury Group, marking another step in the return to favour of its Lebanese-Nigerian owner.

Subscribers only Business 25.04.2024

Nigeria
Afreximbank struggles to get Project Gazelle backers

Criticism of the $3.3bn loan to Nigeria's state oil company has had a chilling effect on potential investors, with only Chinese and Russian financing bids remaining.

Subscribers only Energy 06.02.2024

Nigeria
Former petroleum resources state minister Sylva relies on alliances to take Bayelsa State

Timipre Sylva, who is running for the post of governor of Bayelsa State, has done a series of deals with the local kingmakers to help him defeat the outgoing governor, and is seeking to take back the oil and gas producing Niger Delta state from the People's Democratic Party.

Subscribers only Energy, Politics 31.05.2023

Timipre Sylva, Nigeria's Minister of State for Petroleum and Resources, at the 33rd OPEC meet in Vienna, Austria, 5 October 2022.

Spotlight | Angola
UNITA tends to its international networks from Paris to Abidjan

Adalberto Costa Junior, the chairman of Angola's leading opposition party, has been an increasingly frequent visitor to Western capitals of late and has also been looking to extend his influence in Africa with the help of a small group of loyalists.

Subscribers only Politics, Diplomacy 09.03.2023

Adalberto Costa Junior, the leader of Angola's main opposition party Unita.

Nigeria
ExxonMobil desperate to close Seplat deal ahead of presidential election

The US oil and gas giant is in a race against time to get its sale pushed through before Buhari leaves office, fearful of post-election uncertainty. It has sent its upstream director to Nigeria to try and unblock the situation.

Subscribers only Energy 09.02.2023

In Focus | Nigeria
How kidnapping became an industry in Nigeria's wild northwest

Kidnapping for ransom is damaging the economy of northwestern Nigeria and fuelling growing insecurity in the country. Gangs of bandits, jihadists and local politicians are involved. The kidnappers often now demand payment in foreign currency and cryptocurrency.

Free access Defence, Business 06.02.2023

Kidnapping for ransom is an activity that involves local political barons and notables, but also jihadists.

West Africa
African leaders plan trip to Kyiv and Moscow

A handful of African heads of state are planning a joint visit to Moscow and Kyiv to meet Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelensky. Details could be discussed at the next African Union summit.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 27.01.2023

Nigeria
Presidential hopeful Kwankwaso lobbies in Paris and Washington

Former Kano governor Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, a candidate in next year's presidential election in Nigeria, visited Paris at the end of November before flying to Washington.

Subscribers only Politics 02.12.2022

Spotlight | Nigeria
Kano State shaping up as key battleground of 2023 presidential election

With the general election approaching, a fierce battle is raging between the traditional parties (the APC and PDP) and the outsider NNPP over the strategic northern state of Kano. The outcome is likely to decide the election at the national level.

Subscribers only Politics 24.11.2022

An All Progressives Congress Party (APC) supporter waves a party flag in Kano, on 25 February 2019.

Ethiopia
Obasanjo's diplomatic feat no one-man show

The African Union's special envoy for the Horn of Africa, Olusegun Obasanjo, has been making the most of the success of the Ethiopian mediation since Novembers's peace agreements. However, it is far from being his own achievement.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 16.11.2022

The commander-in-chief of the Tigray rebel forces General Tadesse Werede Tesfay (L) and the chief of staff of the Ethiopian Armed Forces Field Marshal Berhanu Jula (2nd R), with former Nigeria's President Olusegun Obasanjo (2nd L) and Kenya's former President Uhuru Kenyatta (R) after the signing of an agreement between the government and the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) in Nairobi, on 12 November 2022.

Spotlight | Nigeria
Lebanese billionaire Chagoury banks on presidential candidate Bola Tinubu

Franco-Lebanese businessman Gilbert Chagoury, who lives in Paris, is banking on Bola Tinubu becoming Nigeria's new president after next year's elections. He is hoping to regain the influence he enjoyed under Sani Abacha, the country's military junta leader in the 1990s.

Subscribers only Politics 25.10.2022

Kenya
Ruto's rapprochement with UAE takes shape

Newly installed as president of Kenya, William Ruto hasn't wasted any time relaunching a partnership with the UAE, where much of the preparations for his presidential campaign took place. Now several burning issues are back on the table.

Subscribers only Politics, Diplomacy 28.09.2022

In Focus | Nigeria
The all-powerful Niger Delta leaders at the heart of the country's oil and political crises

Oil theft in Nigeria's Niger Delta region has become rampant. President Muhammadu Buhari is offering multi-million dollar contracts to the powerful leaders of armed local political groups in the hopes of being able to use their influence to the advantage of his party in the 2023 elections.

Subscribers only Energy, Politics 19.09.2022

Members of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) armed group, September 2008.

Libya
From Tripoli to Benghazi, Turkish trader BGN's oil odyssey

Senegal
Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

Atiku Abubakar

Nigeria
NNPC set to finalise new $2bn oil-backed loan

Nigeria
Marriages open up governorship election campaign in Kano State

Nigeria
Tinubu family and billionaire Gilbert Chagoury cement ties

Nigeria
Afreximbank struggles to get Project Gazelle backers

Nigeria
Former petroleum resources state minister Sylva relies on alliances to take Bayelsa State

Spotlight | Angola
UNITA tends to its international networks from Paris to Abidjan

Nigeria
ExxonMobil desperate to close Seplat deal ahead of presidential election

In Focus | Nigeria
How kidnapping became an industry in Nigeria's wild northwest

West Africa
African leaders plan trip to Kyiv and Moscow

Nigeria
Presidential hopeful Kwankwaso lobbies in Paris and Washington

Spotlight | Nigeria
Kano State shaping up as key battleground of 2023 presidential election

Ethiopia
Obasanjo's diplomatic feat no one-man show

Spotlight | Nigeria
Lebanese billionaire Chagoury banks on presidential candidate Bola Tinubu

Kenya
Ruto's rapprochement with UAE takes shape

In Focus | Nigeria
The all-powerful Niger Delta leaders at the heart of the country's oil and political crises

Nigeria
Seplat heads at daggers drawn over ExxonMobil block buyout

Uganda
Museveni embarks on multiple missions to tackle inflation

Inner circles | Nigeria
Buhari's NNPC board appointees a boon for Tinubu's presidential bid

Nigeria
OPEC secretary general Barkindo's death deprives Buhari of a crucial ally

Ethiopia, Nigeria
Obasanjo's softly-softly approach to Tigray mediation causes frustration all round

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Libya From Tripoli to Benghazi, Turkish trader BGN's oil odyssey

Senegal Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

Kinshasa's pan-African plans for Grand Inga

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East Africa's hotly contested coffee sector

Atiku Abubakar

Nigeria NNPC set to finalise new $2bn oil-backed loan

Nigeria Marriages open up governorship election campaign in Kano State

Nigeria Tinubu family and billionaire Gilbert Chagoury cement ties

Nigeria Afreximbank struggles to get Project Gazelle backers

Nigeria Former petroleum resources state minister Sylva relies on alliances to take Bayelsa State

Spotlight | Angola UNITA tends to its international networks from Paris to Abidjan

Nigeria ExxonMobil desperate to close Seplat deal ahead of presidential election

In Focus | Nigeria How kidnapping became an industry in Nigeria's wild northwest

West Africa African leaders plan trip to Kyiv and Moscow

Nigeria Presidential hopeful Kwankwaso lobbies in Paris and Washington

Spotlight | Nigeria Kano State shaping up as key battleground of 2023 presidential election

Ethiopia Obasanjo's diplomatic feat no one-man show

Spotlight | Nigeria Lebanese billionaire Chagoury banks on presidential candidate Bola Tinubu

Kenya Ruto's rapprochement with UAE takes shape

In Focus | Nigeria The all-powerful Niger Delta leaders at the heart of the country's oil and political crises

Nigeria Seplat heads at daggers drawn over ExxonMobil block buyout

Uganda Museveni embarks on multiple missions to tackle inflation

Inner circles | Nigeria Buhari's NNPC board appointees a boon for Tinubu's presidential bid

Nigeria OPEC secretary general Barkindo's death deprives Buhari of a crucial ally

Ethiopia, Nigeria Obasanjo's softly-softly approach to Tigray mediation causes frustration all round

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Libya
From Tripoli to Benghazi, Turkish trader BGN's oil odyssey

Senegal
Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

Nigeria
NNPC set to finalise new $2bn oil-backed loan

Nigeria
Marriages open up governorship election campaign in Kano State

Nigeria
Tinubu family and billionaire Gilbert Chagoury cement ties

Nigeria
Afreximbank struggles to get Project Gazelle backers

Nigeria
Former petroleum resources state minister Sylva relies on alliances to take Bayelsa State

Spotlight | Angola
UNITA tends to its international networks from Paris to Abidjan

Nigeria
ExxonMobil desperate to close Seplat deal ahead of presidential election

In Focus | Nigeria
How kidnapping became an industry in Nigeria's wild northwest

West Africa
African leaders plan trip to Kyiv and Moscow

Nigeria
Presidential hopeful Kwankwaso lobbies in Paris and Washington

Spotlight | Nigeria
Kano State shaping up as key battleground of 2023 presidential election

Ethiopia
Obasanjo's diplomatic feat no one-man show

Spotlight | Nigeria
Lebanese billionaire Chagoury banks on presidential candidate Bola Tinubu

Kenya
Ruto's rapprochement with UAE takes shape

In Focus | Nigeria
The all-powerful Niger Delta leaders at the heart of the country's oil and political crises

Nigeria
Seplat heads at daggers drawn over ExxonMobil block buyout

Uganda
Museveni embarks on multiple missions to tackle inflation

Inner circles | Nigeria
Buhari's NNPC board appointees a boon for Tinubu's presidential bid

Nigeria
OPEC secretary general Barkindo's death deprives Buhari of a crucial ally

Ethiopia, Nigeria
Obasanjo's softly-softly approach to Tigray mediation causes frustration all round