Nigeria

Valget i april 2007 førte til den første sivile overgangen mellom to presidenter i Nigerias historie. Men valget var preget av uro og fusk, og har dermed mistet legitimitet. Den nye presidenten, Umar Yar’adua, fortsetter den økonomiske og politiske linjen til sin forgjenger Obasanjo. Nigerias økonomi går framover, men preges fremdeles sterkt av oljeavhengighet og konflikten i Niger-deltaet. Les mer >

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Africa News Update - siste saker fra Nigeria

How oil firms compromise politicians

Abudja (Nigeria) - Former President of Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Mr. Les mer >

Daily Trust (Nigeria) / 26.8.2010

Police abuses rife despite anti-corruption efforts

Dakar (Senegal) - Successive governments have sought to reform the police and set up anti-corruption commissions, but members of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) continue to extort and embezzle money from citizens, and commit arbitrary arrests, torture and extra-judicial killings, says Human Rights Watch (HRW). Les mer >

UN Integrated Regional Information Networks (IRIN) / 23.8.2010

The ‘milking’ of oil workers (opinion)

Lagos (Nigeria) - If you have ever passed by the entrance gates to any of the oil companies, you must have seen a warning sign that says that you would not be allowed to drive into the premises without using your seat belt. Les mer >

Next (Nigeria), by Nnimmo Bassey / 19.8.2010

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