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Nigeria

General Sani Abacha

Date of Birth: 20 July 1943
Place of Birth: Kano
Died: 8 June 1998


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A cardiac coup

As enigmatic in death as in life General Sani Abacha died suddenly in the early hours of 7 June...


Bienvenue a` Ouaga

The Eritrean-Ethiopian border war the army mutiny in Guinea Bissau and the sudden death of the Nigerian leader General Sani Abacha left the Organisation of African Unity summit on 8-10 June struggling for relevance despite the best efforts of its host President Blaise Compaoré...


The euro cometh

Elf-Aquitaine the former state oil producer is keen to maintain close ties with General Sani Abacha apparently regarding him as the ‘least worst' future head of state...


Barometric

Nigeria wasn't so lucky: though in Togo it had got away with it in Port-Louis General Sani Abacha's regime was condemned by one ACP vote and an overwhelming EU majority...


Army arguments

The death sentences handed down on 28 April to six convicted coup plotters - all from the Yoruba south-west - will do little to settle the unease in the military about General Sani Abacha's political transition programme...


Oil slick

Sani Abacha who rarely leaves the Aso Rock presidential complex was not briefed on the gravity of the situation...


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