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...series of dictatorships from 1966 to 1999. And yet, in the taxi ranks, sports bars and five-star hotels in Lagos and Abuja, there are more and more whispers wishing the generals were back. Not that people see a military regime as a good thing. But, say some, it might just be better than the dreadful present: a President, Umaru Musa Yar'Adua, confined to his sickbed in Saudi Arabia for two months but refusing to hand over to his deputy; the government of Africa's most populous country adrift; a civil war likely to start again in the southern...
...politics. Chief of Army Staff Lieut. General Abdulrahman Danbazu - who is known to differ from his predecessors in his enthusiasm for a junta - addressed the rumors of a possible military takeover this week, saying he wished to "dismiss the unnecessary, unwarranted and inflammatory comments circulating which suggest a coup might be needed to pull the country out of a constitutional crisis in Yar'Adua's absence. A military coup would be akin to dragging us back to the dark days of our nation's history." He acknowledged, however, that "there is tension in the country, everybody knows that." Chief...
...article detailing such growing discontent as the debate rages on campus. Recently, The Daily Princetonian editorialized against the deflation policy, while Nancy Weiss Malkiel, Dean of the College, wrote back in its defense. This is serious stuff, you guys. If Princeton students continue to be graded harshly, they might not be hired at Goldman Sachs. Quelle horreur...
...Dozens of the witnesses who cooperated with the investigation of post-election violence now fear for their lives. Human rights activists say the same political leaders who were behind the clashes that killed 1,300 people are now waging a systematic campaign to silence those who might be called to testify against them in any legal proceedings. (See how the International Criminal Court is investigating Kenya's post-election violence...
...Britain have offered to help Kenya set up a witness protection program that might include moving some people to safety in neighboring countries, and Moreno-Ocampo told TIME that the government promised to cooperate and protect witnesses. The problem, of course, is that some of the government ministers and police officials who would normally run such a program might be the very people who want to silence the witnesses. Rights activists blame government officials for leaking the names of the witnesses, who had been promised secrecy before testifying. Witnesses who went before the panels say their names...