The dean of despots Mobutu Sese Seko was chased out in May Sudan's Hassan el Turabi faces coordinated military opposition from north and south Presidents Pascal Lissouba and Ange-Félix Patassé are grimly holding on against armed uprisings and even Nigeria's coup veteran General Sani Abacha has to think twice about plans to win his own presidential election next year...
Even before the full results were announced General Sani Abacha called on Liberians to respect 'the verdict of the people'...
Vol 38 No 15 |
- SIERRA LEONE
The People's Army clashed with Nigerian troops holding Lungi airport on 9 July just as General Sani Abacha and his Provisional Ruling Council were discussing Sierra Leone...
All the ingredients are there: political uncertainty (about General Sani Abacha's candidacy in next year's elections) economic collapse (fuel shortages and worse poverty than 25 years ago) armed political rivalries (Niger Delta war) and regional crisis (Sierra Leonean coup-makers who have humiliated Abacha AC Vol 38 No 12)...
First look at the figures which General Sani Abacha prefers...
Vol 38 No 12 |
- SIERRA LEONE
Meanwhile Nigeria's General Sani Abacha has won a paradoxical bonus as defender of democracy...
Vol 38 No 11 |
- AFRICA
- BRITAIN
French officials have indicated to their EU counterparts that sanctions against General Sani Abacha's regime are misconceived and that hard-line sanctions' advocates - such as the Nordics and the Dutch - have misunderstood Nigeria's transition...
Vol 38 No 10 |
- CONGO-KINSHASA
Not far behind is General Sani Abacha's regime...
Vol 38 No 10 |
- AFRICA
- BRITAIN
Cook has called for tougher economic sanctions against General Sani Abacha's regime in Nigeria following the hanging of Ken Saro-Wiwa in November 1995 as has Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Tony Lloyd (47) who described the treason charges against Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka and 11 others in March as 'a mark of this regime's arrogance and stupidity' adding that 'Britain and the international community must put pressure on Abacha to release all political prisoners immediately...
Confusion abounds about General Sani Abacha's political intentions...