Tag Archive "nigeria"
African viewpoint: Scramble for Nigeria’s $15m ‘bribe’
In our series of viewpoints from African journalists, Sola Odunfa in Lagos wonders about the fate of $15m (£12m) deposited in the Central Bank of ...
Nigeria: The re-emergence of the Niger Delta conflict?
ABUJA — Gunmen in Nigeria have stormed an oil barge off the coast, killing two Nigerian navy sailors and kidnapping four foreigners, a naval officer ...
Nigeria’s low-cost tablet computer
ABUJA — Nigeria’s Saheed Adepoju is a young man with big dreams. He is the inventor of the Inye, a tablet computer designed for the ...
37 killed in raids on Christian villages in deeply divided central Nigeria region, reprisals
Violence spread in Nigeria’s deeply divided nation. Channels Television photo. ABUJA — Raids and reprisal attacks have left 37 people dead in Christian villages near ...
African countries to deploy special police unit in Somalia
An armoured personnel carrier of the Lagos State Police Command (Reuters photo). KAMPALA — Uganda is to deploy a Formed Police Unit (FPU) consisting of ...
Chaos as plane crash hits one of Africa’s largest cities
Firefighters work at the scene of the crash of a Dana Airline plane (AFP, Emmanuel Arewa) LAGOS — Chaos broke out in the densely-populated Lagos ...
Death toll rises as Nigeria descends into sectarian chaos
Photo: Multiple explosions and gun battles with armed assailants have left the streets of the northern Nigerian city of Kano in chaos (AFP) ABUJA — ...
OpEd:Will Sudan threaten the idea of African statehood?
Alan TaccaAfter a bitter war in which thousands upon thousands were armed in two armies facing each other, and after protracted negotiations, a state called ...
Nigeria’s shaky balance of power takes a hit as new president is sworn in
Umaru Yar’Adua’s death may spark a political battle between the Muslim north and the Christian south. Goodluck Jonathan, a southerner, succeeds Yar’Adua, who is from ...
Africa needs a new map
It’s time to start seeing the redrawing of the continent’s colonial borders as an opportunity, not a threat. Muammar al-Qaddafi isn’t exactly known for brilliant ...
Nigeria killings caught on video
Al Jazeera has obtained exclusive footage from Nigeria which shows unarmed men being shot dead. The footage was taken last year when the Nigerian government ...
Nigeria recalls Libya ambassador in Gaddafi row.
Nigeria has recalled its ambassador to Libya after leader Muammar Gaddafi suggested Nigeria be divided into two states – one Christian and one Muslim. The ...
How food and water are driving a 21st-century African land grab
We turned off the main road to Awassa, talked our way past security guards and drove a mile across empty land before we found what ...
Nigeria stablity depends on 2011 poll planning: US
WASHINGTON (Somalilandpress) — The United States pressed Nigeria’s caretaker president on Tuesday to revamp the oil giant’s tattered election machinery, saying it must hold credible ...
Iran and Israel in Africa: A search for allies in a hostile world
DAKAR (Somalilandpress) — Iran’s proclaimed ambitions in Africa are particularly worrying for Israel, which once had a lot of friends on the continent and wants ...
Nigeria rejects sending troops to Somalia
MOGADISHU (Somalilandpress)-Nigeria’s minister for foreign affairs has angrily responded to a question asked by his counterparts from Uganda and Ethiopia at the AU summit regarding ...
NIGERIA: 150 Muslim residents massacred
A US-based rights group has urged Nigeria’s vice-president to order an immediate criminal investigation into “a massacre of at least 150 Muslim residents” of a town ...
Without Free Movement, East Africa Will Keep Marking Time
HARGEISA, 16 August 2009 (Somalilandpress) – IN recent weeks, Nairobi has hosted two crucial meetings that touched on pertinent issues that deal with wealth creation. ...
Ethiopia’s love affair with the rubber stamp
ADDIS ABABA, August 11 2009 (Somalilandpress) – As she prepares to leave Addis Ababa, the BBC’s Elizabeth Blunt reflects on the intense level of officialdom she ...
African Union Sending More Troops To Somalia
Addis Ababa, Jul 8 2009 (Somalilandpress) — Somalia’s prime minister signaled his regime is expanding the 4, 300 strong African Union troops by several thousand ...
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