Nigeria
Lagos motorcycle-taxi ban dismays commuters
It was already hard enough getting around traffic-plagued Lagos, Nigeria’s largest city. Now, however, it’s become even tougher: authorities have banned motorcycle-taxis in part of the city. While they have been accused of causing many accidents, these taxis are extremely popular with local residents, many of whom depend on this means of transportation in a city where paralysing traffic jams are the norm. Read more...
Ivorian immigrant in Tripoli: “We blacks are brutalized because of our skin colour”
Attack on police highlights Nigeria's growing security problem
At least two people were killed in Nigeria’s capital city Abuja on Thursday, June 16, by a suicide car bomb targeting police headquarters. The attack was quickly claimed by Boko Haram, an Islamist group based in the country’s north-east. According to our Observer in Abuja, the attack is just one more incidence of violence in a city that is increasingly unstable. Read more...
Nigerian city torn by post-election religious violence
The permanent oil slick no one is talking about
Nigera is Africa’s main crude oil producer. It is also the country which counts the most oil spills in the world. The Niger Delta, once an ecological sanctuary, has become a no-fishing zone because of the slicks that permanently poison its waters. Read more...
Breaking news: not all Nigerians are terrorists
In response to the stifled terrorist attack by Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab on Friday, a couple of Nigerian student have posted what they call "the Nollywood re-enactment of Flight 253". The message behind the madness? Not all Nigerians are terrorists, despite what the hype might have you believe. Read more and see the clip...
Islamic sect leader filmed in custody before his killing
This video shows Nigerian Islamist militant Mohammed Yusuf just before he was handed over to the police. Hours later, he died. The footage of the sect leader being interrogated by the army strongly implies that the he was not killed in battle, as initially reported by the authorities. Watch the video…
Nigeria’s Robin Hood takes on the oil giants
The following video shows an oil depot in Lagos going up in flames on Sunday night after an attack by armed fighters from Nigeria's biggest militant group. Read more and see the footage...
400 dead: "All violence in Nigeria is driven by economics"
Riots sparked by local elections have left around 400 people dead in the city of Jos, central Nigeria. While Western media blame the conflict on a rift between Christians and Muslims, one of our Nigerian Observers says it all boils down to economics. Read more...
