Radical Islamists have moved beyond Algeria where the al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) is principally based. These militants have now found support among the Saharan citizens of Mauritania, Mali, and Niger. It has been observed that al-Qaeda rebel movement has been ‘increasingly threatening Africa’s Sahara belt, scaring away investors and tourists as they undercut [...]

Cassava is touted by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) as the savior of Africa, being a staple food of more than half a billion of the world’s poorest people. The crop augurs well in the continent because it is basically drought-resistant. But one of the most important foods on the planet is becoming [...]

The campaign using the strategy of deleting the ‘S’ from the Shell logo to underscore the evils that the energy provider has done through the decades is not new. It was also done back in the last days of Apartheid in South Africa when ‘Shell was banned in Europe by a lot of people because [...]

Islamic militants have struck at three places in northern Nigeria and nearly 150 people have been killed in this widespread violence which has rocked Nigeria for last couple of days.
Maiduguri, Borno State is worst hit. These Islamic militants are followers of the preacher Mohammed Yusuf who is opposed to western education. They have been attacking [...]

Islamist groups launched new attacks against security forces in northern Nigeria, a day after nearly 40 people died in bloody clashes between police and a radical Islamic group in Bauchi.
The BBC also reported a tally of ‘100 bodies, mostly of militants, near the police headquarters in Maiduguri, Borno State, where hundreds are fleeing their homes.’ [...]

According to the Minority Rights Group International (MRG) that trends annual indexes, Somalia, Iraq, Sudan, and Afghanistan have been topping annual lists for  four straight years of countries where genocide, mass killings, or violent repression victimizes the minority population.
The human rights group gives a more chilling conclusion: countries involved in the so-called ‘war on terror’ [...]

According to Amnesty International (AI), the oil pollution in the Niger Delta has deprived tens of millions of people from their most fundamental right to food, water, and health. In a thick report, AI describes the environmental degradation in the delta where about 31 million people live. The group calls it a tragedy of human [...]

Drug trafficking on an industrial scale is happening in Guinea-Bissau, West Africa. The country is said to be the African gateway for European and South American cocaine. The country has also been ravaged by poverty, civil war (1998-1999) and a national culture of political murder.
It is also said that regional distribution of Guinea-Bissau cocaine occurs [...]

The considerations have now become political. Today, the production is safer in the deep offshore. The ‘new frontier’ of Nigeria’s oil which is near the coast or in the Delta is a veritable war zone for oil where militants declared war against major oil players and foreign authorities. Several facilities of major oil companies have [...]

Oil can bring out the best and worst in man. In Nigeria, it also alters human values. The Niger Delta where the biggest oil and gas industry in Africa is found is a hotbed of criminality, especially destruction of oil facilities and kidnap for ransom. Nigerian oil has made some people extremely wealthy, and more [...]