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After the hangings, the World Bank canceled a $100 million loan to Nigeria. Supporters of Saro-Wiwa are calling for a boycott of Nigerian oil, half of which is exported to the United States. Harvard should join the rest of the world in giving Nigeria's military leaders a clear financial incentive to respect human rights...
...students have expressed support for Saro-Wiwa's cause, calling upon Harvard to break its financial relationship with Shell Oil. Over 100 students attended a vigil for Saro-Wiwa sponsored by Amnesty International and the Harvard African Student Association and the Environmental Action Committee where speakers called for a boycott of Nigerian...
Algeria's military-backed President Liamine Zeroual claimed victory over Islamic militants trying to overthrow his government after the country's Interior Ministry said Zeroual had won more than 61% of the votes cast in Algeria's first multiparty presidential elections. Turnout was reported at 75%, despite a boycott called by the militants, who vowed to "turn voting booths into coffins...
...Zealand Commonwealth meeting where the South African leader made the statement. Tuesday, South Africa's soccer federation barred Nigeria's team from playing in South Africa, and calls are mounting for the African National Congress to seek Nigeria's ouster from the Olympic Games as well as a boycott of Nigeria's crucial oil industry. But Purvis reports that South African officials may not want to take it that far. "Indeed, it is not clear how much of an effect censure from South Africa and a few other countries on the continent might have on the Nigerian regime," he says...
...that I don't believe President Sadat--or any Arab leader with whom we have been engaged in peace--woke up one morning and discovered the justice of the right of the Zionist movement to establish a Jewish state. He came to the conclusion after trying wars, violence, boycott. I believe President Sadat realized that he could never get back the Sinai by force. There was no altruistic or philosophic change of their minds...