West Africa’s top court on Thursday rejected a request by Niger’s junta for a lifting of coup-related sanctions imposed by its neighbors, ruling that the junta is unconstitutional and therefore lacks the authority to make such a request....
With a drone recently acquired from Turkey, the Nigerian army carried out a drone strike on an Islamic religious festival in the village of Tudun Biri in Kaduna state, northern Nigeria “by mistake” as the government fights armed Islamist groups in the country’s north.
Nigeria: Viele Tote bei versehentlichem Angriff durch Militär
Bei einem Drohnenangriff der nigerianischen Armee sind versehentlich dutzende Zivilisten getötet worden. Bei einem "militärischen Drohnenangriff auf Terroristen und Banditen" seien muslimische Gläubige "versehentlich getötet und viele verletzt" worden.
The luggage got the nickname in #Nigeria in the 1980s, when hundreds of thousands of undocumented #immigrants, many of whom were Ghanaian, were expelled. People fled with the red-and-blue checked bags on their backs.
Now, the #airline says, the ubiquitous carriers, a favourite of traders, can badly affect airport equipment. #Ghana#Africa
From the legendary author of Things Fall Apart comes a longawaited memoir about coming of age with a fragile new nation, then watching it torn asunder in a tragic civil war.
While you're here, read Ekpali Saint's story about why attempts to curb gas flaring in Nigeria aren't working the way authorities and residents have hoped. I contributed edits and visuals:
It's #Newstodon Friday! Happy Thanksgiving weekend to those who celebrate.
Check out this visual made by @alexip718 for Ekpali Saint's feature: While Nigeria slashed oil production, it lacks enforceable gas flaring policies or carbon pricing. As a result, the country has flared 5x that of Canada for the 7th straight year, despite the latter dialing up its oil production.
Every November, Lagos becomes a city of art, and the central event of that is Art X, the largest art fair in West Africa. NPR's Emmanuel Akinwotu talked to its founder, Tokini Peterside-Schwebig about her vision for African art.
Check out our newest story in the @soljourno Story Tracker, " “We Are Suffering”: Despite Steps Taken, Gas Flaring Still Threatens Livelihoods in Niger Delta" by Ekpali Saint:
Nigeria’s new works minister, David Umahi, is pushing for the use of rigid pavement in road construction, as against the flexible pavement predominantly in use. This, as the minister noted, is due to the precarious state of flexible pavements in the country.
" “The fuel subsidy is gone,” [#Nigeria's new president] Tinubu declared in the middle of his 30-minute inauguration speech.
With that five-word decree, the economics of Nigeria’s nascent #solar industry changed at once. “The subsidy removal has thrown that market wide open,” Adeyemo says. Fuel prices spiked 175% overnight, disrupting the economics of a generator-dependent nation. "
The secretary-general of the Committee of Vice-Chancellors in Nigeria recently disclosed that only 38 women have been vice-chancellors of universities in Nigeria since 1960, out of more than 720 in total. Ekanem Braide, The Nigerian Academy of Science president and a former vice-chancellor, tells us why this is so and how the country can have more women as university heads.
Islamic rebels killed 11 farmers and abducted several others in Nigeria’s northeast, locals and authorities said Monday, the latest of several such attacks that analysts say threaten food supplies in the hard-hit region. The rebels attacked the farmers as they worked in their fields in Borno state’s Jere district Sunday...
A recent survey by the Alliance for Action on Pesticide in Nigeria and Small-scale Women Farmers Organisation in Nigeria showed that 80% of the pesticides used most frequently by small-scale farmers were hazardous. Seventy-five percent of the women farmers in the survey reported symptoms from using pesticides. They include respiratory and eye problems, dizziness, vomiting and skin rashes.
Nigeria: Offenbar viele Tote bei Boko-Haram-Angriff
Ein Dorf im Norden von Nigeria ist offenbar mehrfach hintereinander zum Ziel der radikalislamischen Boko-Haram-Gruppe geworden. Die Kämpfer töteten nach Angaben der Polizei rund 40 Dorfbewohner.
Scholz ohne greifbare Ergebnisse zurück aus Westafrika
Drei Tage war Kanzler Scholz in Westafrika unterwegs - die Region ist wichtig als Energielieferant, aber auch, um die irreguläre Migration einzudämmen. Zurück in Berlin hat Scholz nun viele Eindrücke im Gepäck - aber wenig davon ist greifbar.
West Africa court refuses to recognize Niger’s junta, rejects request to lift coup sanctions (apnews.com)
West Africa’s top court on Thursday rejected a request by Niger’s junta for a lifting of coup-related sanctions imposed by its neighbors, ruling that the junta is unconstitutional and therefore lacks the authority to make such a request....
Shell to face human rights claims in UK over chronic oil pollution in Niger delta (www.theguardian.com)
More than 13,000 Nigerian villagers can bring legal claims against oil firm, rules high court
Militants kill 11 farmers in Nigeria’s north, raising fresh concerns about food supplies (apnews.com)
Islamic rebels killed 11 farmers and abducted several others in Nigeria’s northeast, locals and authorities said Monday, the latest of several such attacks that analysts say threaten food supplies in the hard-hit region. The rebels attacked the farmers as they worked in their fields in Borno state’s Jere district Sunday...