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Jonathan Pilger War on Demoracy

2008-06-05T19:07:00.001-06:00

Using del.icio.us network explorer

2008-02-26T04:49:00.002-07:00

I have been using delicious network explorer to try to understand better my delicious network. This has proved fascinating, as I have discovered social networking 'gurus' (hrheingold, cshirky, choconancy and kanter) as well as important centers for social justice in the context of Africa (BlackLooks, BeckyFaith). The social networking people generally have a very large fanbase and relatively

Chevron the human rights company: Nigeria and Burma

2007-11-24T05:52:00.000-07:00

Much good has been written already about Chevron in Burma and Nigeria, and elsewhere. One place to start is Malcom at Dandelion Salad as well as the rather optimistic posting of Jeremy Weate in regard to Nigeria. A recent article on Nigeria puts Chevron in the context of recent corruption scandals between the government and Shell, Chevron and Siemens in particular. Still another article

Controlling oil in the Gulf of Guinea

2007-11-17T05:37:00.000-07:00

Two rather simplistically presented myths for controlling oil in the Gulf of Guinea: Business myth: "We are not involved in politics. We just make profits for our shareholders through managing the oil." Reality: Shell and other companies have been intimately involved with Nigerian state figures in creating the type of instability amenable to Shell's control of petroleum production, in order to

Lucky Dube: Humble prophet who forecast his own manner of death

2007-11-17T05:12:00.000-07:00

My gratitude to Dibussi Tande for pointing out this tribute to our friend (may we be so brash as to call this great artist our friend? May I be so brash as to say "our"?). This tribute, so tellingly, was written by none other than Lucky Dube himself. So honest. So brutally honest. The civil structures of apartheid have been removed. Why do we now kill ourselves? http://www.dibussi.com/2007

See previous post: Why worry about U.S. military in Gulf of Guinea

2007-10-27T06:45:00.001-06:00

Also very important to note Ellen Johnson Sirleaf's cooperation. clipped from allafrica.comThe foreign affairs minister, Chief Ojo Maduekwe, is not taking it lightly with the recent military cooperation policy of the U.S and the African continent. The U.S government is planning to establish a military command on

'US likes to have relative peace anywhere they have business interest'

2007-10-27T06:38:00.001-06:00

"Nigerians should not get unnecessarily worried." clipped from allafrica.comSpeaking at a forum in Abuja on Tuesday, the Defence chief said that Nigerians should not get unnecessarily worried over the matter as the troops are there just to give peace in the area. General Azazi said that US likes to have relative

U.S. Investors in Nigeria

2007-10-27T06:31:00.001-06:00

Combine this with U.S. military interests. When will the story of Nigerian terrorism then appear in U.S. corporate media? clipped from allafrica.comVisiting the Senate president yesterday, a team of American investors, the African Strategy Group, under the American Trade delegation led by Ambassador Lennon Walker

Nigerian Government Renegotiating Petroleum Contracts (no. 2)

2007-10-27T06:23:00.001-06:00

clipped from royaldutchshellplc.comRilwanu Lukman, chairman of Nigeria’s oil and gas reform committee, said this week the government wanted to take a fresh look at agreements signed with energy companies as part of a wider reform of the sector.One plank of the government’s reform proposals is to take a fresh look

Nigerian Government Renegotiating Petroleum Contracts

2007-10-27T06:16:00.001-06:00

This move needs to be combined, of course, with consideration of how petroleum revenues are distributed in Nigeria. In addition, the Nigerian government likely exercises increased leverage given situation in the Middle East. clipped from allafrica.comTHE Federal Government has commenced moves to renegotiate

China in Africa: Better than Western Colonialism?

2007-10-27T06:04:00.001-06:00

This will be a big story for a long time. One question is if the Chinese military will follow the Chinese investors. It seems the opposite is usually the case for the West, or at least the two come together. See following posts about increasing U.S. investor interest in Africa oil and accompanying U.S. military interventions in Gulf of Guinea and elsewhere.