Nigeria

China has long been renowned in Africa as the architect behind the continent’s ‘weapons of mass construction’. To date, this trademark is best symbolised by the 1,860 km Tanzania-Zambia Railway (TanZam), constructed from 1970-1975, at a cost of $500 million.

Salt cellar,
looted in the 1897
Punitive Expedition,
now in British Museum,

Nigerian President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has promised firmly that he will deliver credible elections in 2011. He seems to be working very hard to convince everyone that he means business.

Last October, the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) missed an opportunity to join other countries implementing the transparency initiative to be designated as an EITI-compliant country.