Headquartered in Lagos  then Abuja  Ecowas was always seen by Francophone states as a Nigerian show  despite the Francophile diplomacy of President Shehu Shagari  General Ibrahim Babangida and latterly  Gen...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     Ibrahim Babangida  Presidents  Gnassingbé Eyadéma and Jerry Rawlings  whom they hold responsible for a range of human rights abuses over the past two decades...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     Ibrahim Babangida's annulment of Yoruba (southwest) chieftain Moshood Abiola's June 1993 election victory (as it had privately promised)  but in the eyes of the south-west it embarked upon a systematic project to marginalise the Yoruba from Nigeria's administration  business and armed forces...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     Ibrahim Babangida which would have kept the military at political centre-stage  as in ex-President Suharto's Indonesia (AC Vol 39 No 8  Living dangerously)...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     Ibrahim Babangida  both of whom  despite being chased out of power  are giving Gen...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     Ibrahim Babangida (who at his funeral praised his old rival as ‘great leader')  shows a closing of ranks at the top...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     Ibrahim Babangida got interested in the economic successes of Indonesia and other south Asian countries...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
            Vol 39 No 5 | 
            - WEST AFRICA
	     Ibrahim Babangida and Senegal's President Abdou Diouf  but in Gen...