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...battered and overloaded Toyota van waiting at the border between Nigeria and neighboring Benin was the unintentionally ironic sign NO CONDITION IS PERMANENT. The statement was all too true for the score of Ghanaians packed inside, and for as many as 800,000 of their countrymen who had suddenly been ordered to leave Nigeria. By truck, boat and plane, they streamed out of the country last week, carrying what possessions they could. Many of them were hungry and sick. All of them were hurrying to meet the Feb. 1 deadline for their expulsion. Along the way, at least 34 participants...
Ball's file would be empty if Harvard's name was not so recognizable in mailrooms around the country. One letter from Lagos, Nigeria was addressed "Harvard University, Harvard, USA." When it finally arrived, it contained pieces of paper on which "15,000 Holy, Holy, Holy I am Holy Jesus Christ 15,000" had been written on each line. Another headache for the post office must have been the envelope from Cedar Rapids with "Harvard University. Seven County Georges" scrawled illegibly on the front Appropriately, the sender was asking Harvard for instructions in catching pigeons--presumably carrier pigeons...
...Nigeria's official explanation for the move was that the large number of "strangers" inside its borders fomented economic and political trouble-- a major catalyst for the bloody religious conflicts that rocked the country last year. But few observers believe that story...
...NIGERIA'S ACTIONS, as callous as they are, pale in comparison with those of Ghana's military ruler. Flight Lieut. Jerry "J.J." Rawlings. Last New Year's Eve, Rawlings and a band of disgruntled army officers shot their way to power and quickly imposed a reign of terror on Ghana. Editors of major Ghanaian newspapers were herded to an army barracks and told that "objectivity" and "neutrality" in reporting were relics of the past: "You are either for or against the revolution...
...surprising that Ghanaians would flee their own country's repression and economic mayhem to search for better conditions in Nigeria. Unfortunately, the politics of uncurbed ambition flourish in both countries. When both meet, the combination means the sacrifice of the welfare of millions to the personal authority...