The wait by the border

From Accra to Lagos, by car...

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December 24th 2006
After realizing that I would be in Africa for 10 days, and that it would be mostly work without to much time to check the place out, I decided that I had to work some sort of adventure into our trip, namely driving from Accra to Lagos. We landed in Accra on Thursday, and were supposed to be there until Monday morning when we were supposed to fly in to Lagos. Before we had left the states I had ... read more

Africa » Nigeria

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Following nearly 16 years of military rule, a new constitution was adopted in 1999, and a peaceful transition to civilian government was completed. The president faces the daunting task of rebuilding a petroleum-based economy, whose revenues have bee... ... read more