General Sani Abacha

Sani Abacha's government; US officials insist that all military equipment supplied to Ecomog must stay in Liberia (and not be taken over by the regional armies) and want an elaborate tracking system to monitor this...

The new Presidency Secretary General Amadou Ali is married to a Beti but is himself Kotoko (and a Muslim) from the Far North speaking the same Kanuri language as General Sani Abacha Nigeria's military President...

Sani Abacha several local oil entrepreneurs have been helped by selective awards of term contracts and exploration licences...

Alongside General Sani Abacha's bold plans to sell the state oil and gas companies plans for his political transition are becoming clearer...

Finance Minister Anthony Ani's announcement that the government will sell its holdings in the oil telecommunications and power sectors – valued at over US$50 000 million – marks a shift in General Sani Abacha's attempt to pull the country out of its economic morass...

In November General Sani Abacha took power and clamped down even more brutally than his predecessors on pro-democracy activists and the Ogoni people...

Increasingly it seems that General Sani Abacha is drawing his political and business inspiration from the East...

While neither General Sani Abacha nor Biya seems in much hurry to resolve the Bakassi confrontation Commonwealth membership has been more of a success...

Sani Abacha's legal and political advisors Ahmed Yadudu and Sule Hamman...

Washington's offered support for an African candidate for the UN post as well as Liberia was on the agenda at the impromptu talks between Jerry Rawlings and General Sani Abacha on 2 July...