Kidnapping of Indian workers in Nigeria (29-Nov-2007)
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'Kidnapping of Indian workers in Nigeria (29-Nov-2007)' from the RS Debates Digital Library
Sir Percy Girouard, Canada's Governor of Northern Nigeria, 1907-1909
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The Canadian railway engineer Percy Girouard [1867-1932] served as Governor to Northern Nigeria from 1907-1909, and he was one of only two Canadians to hold the post of Governor within the British Colonial Service. This ten-thousand-word literature review covering up to 2007, exa…
Urban growth and land degradation in developing cities : change and challenges in Kano, Nigeria
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xx, 194 p. : 24 cm Includes bibliographical references (p. [169]-192) and index Introduction -- Sustainability, land degradation and peri-urban expansion -- Historical background to farming in the Kano close-settled zone -- The area of study : the Kano close-settled zone -- Land,…
On the Trail of the Nigerian Scammers
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Nigerian Scammer Exposed on ABC news
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Anti Auswanderungs TV Spots der EU in Nigeria und Kamerun
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Die EU hat, zusammen mit der Schweiz, eine Negativ-Werbekampane in Nigeria und Kamerun gestartet, die mit TV Spots potentielle Migranten abschrecken soll.
Interview with the nigerian scammer exposed on ABC news
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Part 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LROPHHonDlo
West Indian Law Journal
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Fundamental Human Rights in the Caribbean: An International Lawyer takes stock (Prof Stephen Vasciannie) p 1; The Ghosts of Baskerville and their Exorcism (Bryan Sykes) p 33; The Principle of "Full Measure" or 'Generosity' Approach: A New Dimension to Constitutional Interpretatio…
Seasonal Rain Floods the Sahel: Natural Hazards
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Africa's Sahel region, a margin of semi-arid grassland around the southern limit of the Sahara Desert, gets most of its rainfall between June and September when the band of earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img id=4028 near-perpetual thunderstorms that hove…
Floods in Chad: Image of the Day
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eoimages.gsfc.nasa.gov/images/imagerecords/8000/8059/Chad_TMO_2007185_lrg.jpg July 4, 2007 (2.12 MB JPG) The Sahel grassland is a rain-dependent ecosystem. With no mountain snowpacks to provide water during the dry season or daily infusions of water from moist air masses, the for…
DTIC ADA469176: Trans-Sahara Counterterrorism Initiative: Balance of Power?
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Current U.S. counterterrorism endeavors in support of the national security strategy include programs on every continent of the globe. Complementary interagency initiatives enable the United States to exercise all instruments of national power to influence strategic objectives. A…
DTIC ADA471380: Emerging Requirements for U.S. Counterinsurgency: An Examination of the Insurgency in the Niger River Delta Region
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Since early 2002, the U.S. military has relearned counterinsurgency (COIN) at the tactical, operational, and strategic levels of war for both special operations and conventional forces to meet the security and stability requirements of both Afghanistan and Iraq after major combat…
DTIC ADA471595: The United States of America and The People's Republic of China in Africa: Promoting Stability or Chaos
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Africa has recently become strategically important to the US and China, mainly for economic reasons. The US and China, the leading consumers of oil in the world, have devised strategies to secure and expand their interests, especially the quest for resources in Africa. This invol…
DTIC ADA473292: Criminals and Insurgents: The Role of Ethnicity in State Responses to Internal Resource Competitors
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A government facing an ethnicity based insurgency competing with it for natural resources faces different threats based upon the level of ethnic homogeneity of the insurgent elements. Where a mono-ethnic insurgent threat develops, the government faces a potential separatist movem…
DTIC ADA481404: Dietary Fat and Vitamin E in Prostate Cancer Risk Among African Americans and Africans: A Case-Control Study
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A pilot study to investigate prostate cancer dietary risk factors was initiated at the Howard University Cancer Center, Washington DC, in 2000, and recruited study participants from rural Nigeria. In 2002 the scope of the study was expanded to include African-Americans and Africa…
GIIP Stories: Shelley McCoy
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Interview with Shelley McCoy about her internship in Nigeria as part of the Global Information Internship Program
Good Copy, Bad Copy
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Good Copy Bad Copy is a terrific new documentary about copyright and culture, directed by Andreas Johnsen, Ralf Christensen, and Henrik Moltke. It features interviews with Danger Mouse, Girl Talk, Siva Vaidhyanathan, Lawrence Lessig, and many others with various perspectives on c…
Floods in West Africa: Natural Hazards
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eoimages.gsfc.nasa.gov/images/imagerecords/19000/19086/Mali_TMO_2007206_lrg.jpg July 25, 2007 (3.34 MB JPG) Like many other countries in Africa's Sahel region, Mali was flooded on September 15, 2007, when the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer ( modis.gsfc.nasa.gov MOD…
Floods in West Africa: Natural Hazards
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eoimages.gsfc.nasa.gov/images/imagerecords/19000/19084/Nigeria_AMO_2007145_lrg.jpg May 25, 2007 (4.87 MB JPG) Sandwiched between the vast Sahara Desert of northern Africa and the equatorial forest of central Africa is the semi-arid, but fertile Sahel grassland. One of Africa's mo…
THE NO AGENDA SHOW - Episodes 001 - 700
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ATTN: The "NO AGENDA SHOW" is so prolific I have had to add a second page . Outrageous huh? Enjoy! Internet Archive of the "NO AGENDA SHOW" with Adam C. Curry and John C. Dvorak . Also known as "THE BEST PODCAST IN THE UNIVERSE!" (Award Pending). Each week Adam and John discuss,…
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