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December 3, 2010

Nigeria
Cheney, the Niger Delta and Cote d’Ivoire

A couple of things: If you are curious, yes, I am watching  the ongoing Halliburton case in Nigeria that reportedly involves former vice president Dick Cheney. However, before I weigh in on how…

Cheney, the Niger Delta and Cote d’Ivoire

April 4, 2011

Nigeria
Nigeria--Also Cote d’Ivoire

Electoral officers unload election materials from a vehicle at the INEC building in northern city of Kano. (Joe Penney/Courtesy Reuters) On Saturday, after voting in some areas was already underway,…

Nigeria--Also Cote d’Ivoire

February 9, 2011

Sub-Saharan Africa
South Africa Sends a Warship to Cote d’Ivoire

Earlier this week I blogged about the African leadership’s fracturing unity over how to address the political stalemate in Cote d’Ivoire. Today, this became increasingly apparent, as South Africa now…

January 18, 2011

Russia
Russia Delays UNSC Vote on Cote d’Ivoire

A U. N. Senegalese peacekeeper looks on during the visit of Alain Le Roy (not pictured), under-secretary-general for Peacekeeping Operations at the United Nations at the Golf Hotel, headquarters of…

Russia Delays UNSC Vote on Cote d’Ivoire

March 24, 2011

Ivory Coast
Cote d’Ivoire, Libya, and the International Community

A boy watches as residents prepare to leave Abidjan from a bus station in Adjame March 20, 2011. (Luc Gnago/Courtesy Reuters) Despite the intense media coverage of the conflict in Libya and the rela…

Cote d’Ivoire, Libya, and the International Community