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Aliko Dangote has rejected the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited’s bid to increase its stake in the $20 billion Dangote Petroleum Refinery. The Dangote Group president disclosed the decision during an interview on May 14, 2026. He aims to open ownership to more Nigerians through a planned public listing instead of expanding state involvement.
With three military transitions in 18 months, regional alliances are fracturing along new fault lines. An exclusive look inside the negotiations.
Five years since ratification, the continental free trade agreement is generating results — but not always for whom it was designed.
State-backed monitoring technologies are proliferating across the region, often supplied by competing global powers with little regulatory oversight.
On the ground with the grassroots networks rewriting the rules of post-conflict recovery through radical inclusion and local leadership.