General Sani Abacha

Chairing the Economic Community of West African States has pushed the reclusive General Sani Abacha into the limelight with Nigeria's neighbours...

AIDS programmes started by previous governments had ground to a halt because of a lack of funding by General Sani Abacha's government Ransome-Kuti said...

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'...

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...

Meanwhile Nigeria's General Sani Abacha has won a paradoxical bonus as defender of democracy...

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...

Not far behind is General Sani Abacha's regime...