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International efforts, such as the Paris Agreement, aim to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. But experts say countries aren’t doing enough to limit dangerous global warming.
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May 30, 2012
Sub-Saharan Africa
Fuel Subsidy Haunts Nigeria — Again
According to the Nigerian press, funding for the fuel subsidy has run out, with seven months left in the year. Further, the press quotes the executive secretary of the Major Oil Marketers Association…
December 10, 2012
Sub-Saharan Africa
Nigerian Finance Minister’s Mother Kidnapped
Kamene Okonjo, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala’s mother, who is a medical doctor and the wife of a traditional ruler, was kidnapped on December 9, 2012. The kidnapping highlights a growing menace in the oil-rich…
December 14, 2012
Sub-Saharan Africa
Release of the Finance Minister’s Mother: Good News From Nigeria
Kamene Okonjo was released early on Friday, December 14. Eighty-two years of age, she is the mother of Nigerian Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala. Few details are available concerning the exact c…
July 11, 2011
Nigeria
Nigeria in Never-Never Land?
Women mourn the victims of a bomb blast attack near a church in Suleja July 10, 2011. (Afolabi Sotunde/Courtesy Reuters) Putting recent developments together, there is an unreality about Nigeria thr…
March 19, 2021
Niger
Niger's Mahamadou Issoufou Awarded Mo Ibrahim Prize for Excellence in African Leadership
Nigerien President Mahamadou Issoufou, set to step down after two terms as president, was last week awarded the Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership.
