How does the Global Memorandum of Understanding (GMoU), introduced by Chevron Nigeria, and the Nigerian Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) protect communities in the oil-rich Niger Delta? Deji Haastrup explains in the PDF...
Niger Delta
Military nightmares, martial fantasies
Nigeria: 20 years of democracy Political scientists agree that unfettered access to oil cash was a key factor in the character and duration of military rule in Nigeria Until the return to civil rule in 1999, the...
Titanic struggle
Nigeria: many identities A country of many ethnicities artificially brought together faces many challenges, not least its own development By Osita Agbu Historically Nigeria was an artificial creation of the British...
Stuck in the middle
Nigeria: Fulani militia As Nigeria fights jihadists in the north-east and militants in the oil-producing south, a third conflict is simmering at its centre Traditional leaders in Riyom, a town in Plateau State, say...
Mapping ethnic conflicts
Africa: an artificial patchwork? Understanding the dynamics of ethnic conflicts in Africa means appreciating the role of ethnic identity In 2011 Peter S. Larson, a professor at the University of Nagasaki, Japan,...
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