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General Sani Abacha

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


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Biya's bad joke

Whatever is coming across would most likely be from private sources as General Sani Abacha's government beset by troubles at home and on its western flank has little interest in destabilising Biya...


Junta versus junta

Major Johnny Paul Koroma's junta is increasingly personalising what it calls its 'dispute' with General Sani Abacha...


No sanctions here

The United States is not pleased that Jammeh gets help from Nigeria's General Sani Abacha and especially keeps close contact with Colonel Moammar el Gaddafi of Libya although Washington has politely ignored recent visits to Tripoli by more US-friendly regional leaders such as Mali's President Alpha Oumar Konaré...


Oil glistens

General Sani Abacha's regime may be a pariah for Western and Commonwealth governments but it's determined to win friends in his own region...


Clouds over summit

Over a third of leaders have so far accepted Bongo's invitation including the Organisation of African Unity head Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe Nigeria's General Sani Abacha Cameroon's Paul Biya Uganda's Yoweri Museveni Rwanda's Pasteur Bizimungu Senegal's Abdou Diouf and either Nelson Mandela or Thabo Mbeki from South Africa...


Less than economic

Taylor's rapprochement with General Sani Abacha of Nigeria Ecowas' (and Ecomog's) dominant member enabled the bloodshed to end...


Cross-border crimes

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


Fela and his heirs

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...


Saba saba

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...


Blood under the bridge

Even before the full results were announced General Sani Abacha called on Liberians to respect 'the verdict of the people'...


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