Oil and Gas: National Sovereignty, Foreign Interests and Local Bunkering in the Gulf of Guinea (GoG)

(*) Revised version of a paper commissioned by the ECOWAS Commission and presented during a workshop on the Gulf of Guinea Conflict System, 21-23 August 2013 at Lome, Togo. (**) ‘Kunle Amuwo, Professor of Political Science & International Relations, lives in Dakar, Senegal and currently works as an International Consultant on Conflict, Governance & Development

Oil and Gas: National Sovereignty, Foreign Interests and Local Bunkering in the Gulf of Guinea (GoG)

(*) Revised version of a paper commissioned by the ECOWAS Commission and presented during a workshop on the Gulf of Guinea Conflict System, 21-23 August 2013 at Lome, Togo. (**) ‘Kunle Amuwo, Professor of Political Science & International Relations, lives in Dakar, Senegal and currently works as an International Consultant on Conflict, Governance & Development

France And The Economic Integration Project In Francophone Africa

No Abstract African Journal of Political Science Vol.4(1) 1999: 1-2

The Discourse of Political Elites on Higher Education in Nigeria

A crisis in education would at anytime give rise to serious concern even if it did not reflect ... a more general crisis and instability in modern society. (Arendt, 1968:185)A crisis becomes a disaster only when we respond to it with pre-formed judgment, that is with prejudices. Such an attitude not only sharpens the crisis but makes us forfeit the experience of reality and the opportunity for reflection it provides. (Arendt, 1968:174-5)It is no longer contentious that quality university educ..

Higher Education Transformation: A Paradigm Shift in South Africa?

South Africa\'s higher education system is struggling to become a socially relevant ivory tower: that is, a university system that pays close attention to its calling of research while staying linked to the existential and political struggles of the people, the primary stakeholders in the system. Africa Insight Vol.34(2/3) 2004: 65-7

Higher education in crisis

The contemporary African university finds itself caught between globalisation and more pressing local need

Nigeria during the Abacha Years (1993-1998)

The autocratic regime of Sani Abacha (1993-1998) stands out as a watershed in the history of independent Nigeria. Nigeria’s darkest years since the civil war resulted from his unrestrained personal rule; very close to the features associated with warlordism. Nepotism, corruption, violation of human rights, procrastination over the implementation of a democratic transition, and the exploitation of ethnic, cultural or religious identities, also resulted in the accumulation of harshly repressed frustrations. In this book, some distinguished scholars, journalists and civil society activists examine this process of democratic recession, and its institutional, sociological, federal and international ramifications. Most of the contributions were originally presented at a seminar organized by the Centre d’Etude d’Afrique Noire (CEAN) in Bordeaux

Nigeria during the Abacha Years (1993-1998)

The autocratic regime of Sani Abacha (1993-1998) stands out as a watershed in the history of independent Nigeria. Nigeria’s darkest years since the civil war resulted from his unrestrained personal rule; very close to the features associated with warlordism. Nepotism, corruption, violation of human rights, procrastination over the implementation of a democratic transition, and the exploitation of ethnic, cultural or religious identities, also resulted in the accumulation of harshly repressed ..

Economic deregulation, occupational groups and prospects of popular participation in Nigeria

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