Word: nigerias
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Somalia and Sudan. Somalia countered that Ethiopia was in fact an aggressor guilty of "black colonialism," "murder" and "massacres." Benin did not even bother to attend the summit because it blames Gabon for last January's attempted coup against Benin President Mathieu Kerekou. Hoping to cool tempers, Nigeria's head of state, Lieut. General Olusegun Obasanjo, observed that "intra-African quarrels now constitute a real threat to peace and harmony in our continent...
Perez is optimistic about an eventual settlement. But other OPEC leaders are being typically cantankerous. The three hard-liners for higher prices -Iran, Iraq and Nigeria-seem committed to press ahead with the 5% rise...
...request for arms and ammunition. During last year's presidential campaign, Jimmy Carter had opposed the Ford Administration's arms sales to Zaire, saying they were "fueling the East-West arms race in Africa." While watching the developments in Zaire closely, the new Administration remains hopeful that Nigeria's mediating efforts may still succeed. Behind the scenes, Washington may have played a part in soliciting aid for Mobutu from Morocco, France and Egypt, but officially it remained aloof. Said a White House spokesman: "We do not see the situation as an East-West confrontation...
...uniforms to Kinshasa. But the Carter Administration postponed action on Mobutu's request in the hope that diplomatic efforts might halt the fighting. After talks with U.S. officials, Nigerian External Affairs Commissioner Joseph Garba pledged that his country would act as go-between. Other black African nations share Nigeria's concern that the fighting could turn into a full-blown...
...their wholehearted support of the Arab cause against Israel gained them little in either preferential oil prices or cash aid. Earlier, Arab diplomats had flatly dismissed a proposal by Tanzania for $2 billion in Arab aid for black Africa to offset the rising price of Middle East oil. (Only Nigeria and Gabon are major oil producers, and most of their crude is sold to the U.S. and Europe for much-needed hard currency...