Nigeria, Donald Trump and Africa
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Ventures Platform, one of Africa’s most active early-stage investors, has raised another $64M
The Lagos-based firm and one of Africa’s most active early-stage investors is targeting a final close of $75 million for its second fund.
But Donald Trump has Nigeria in his sights. On October 31st, having reportedly watched a Fox News segment about the ostensible slaughter of Christians in the country, he posted that he would label Nigeria a “Country of Particular Concern”,
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On Nigeria, domestic politics again shapes Trump's Africa agenda
First pressuring South Africa, and now threatening Nigeria, President Donald Trump is letting US domestic politics steer his policy on Africa -- boding ill for foreign governments hit with his fury. "It is incredibly irresponsible of President Trump to threaten military action,
As the G20 Africa Energy Investment Forum fast-approaches, major African oil and gas producers such as Nigeria are gearing up to bring their strategic energy agendas to a global audience. Nigeria’s Special Advisor to President Bola Tinubu on Energy Olu Verheijen has joined the forum – taking place November 21 in Johannesburg – where she is expected to share insight into how the country’s recent slate of reforms is not only attracting foreign investment into the energy value chain but are positioning Nigeria as a benchmark for African nations as they pursue a hydrocarbon-driven energy transition.
A wounded man lies in a muddy ditch, stripped of his uniform and too weak to stand. His ribs protrude beneath the chain of his dog tags, the only trace of the soldier he once was. He murmurs incoherently, clearly too mentally incapacitated to communicate or move.
Nigerian missionary and community activist Fred Williams recalls New York’s 9/11 not only because of the previously unthinkable terrorist attack. Sept. 11, 2001, was also the
World football governing body, FIFA, has stirred controversy by appointing South African officials- Tom Abongile, Zakhele Siwela and Akhona Makalima for the
American forces are unlikely to be able to end a decades-long insurgency in Africa’s most populous country, despite President Trump’s order, officials said.