BMI’s Africa team cautions that political risk in Sub-Saharan Africa may be on the rise as a full-blown leadership crisis continues to escalate in Nigeria. Alan Cameron and Lisa Lewin provide some insight into an increasingly tense political situation, sharing their views on potential outcomes from the ongoing crisis. The next couple of weeks and [Read more...]
Nigeria’s main militant group, the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, has announced a 60-day ceasefire in a bid to kick start talks with the government. Albeit a fragile truce, the news should provide a boost for the government’s bolder stance on a host of political and economic policies, not least on the [Read more...]
It seems like every other little hiccup in the price of oil is blamed on sabotage in the Niger Delta. The region produces 1.5-2.5mn barrels of oil per day, depending on how active the militant activity in the region is at any given time. At the end of June however, Nigerian President Umaru Yar’Adua (local [Read more...]
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