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...Organization of African Unity in Freetown, Sierra Leone. When the organization threatened to founder over the divisive issue of Morocco's war against the Algeria-backed Polisario guerrillas in the former Spanish Sahara, Shagari defused the crisis with a compromise peace-keeping plan. Similarly, it was Nigeria's displeasure over the executions of 13 top officials in Liberia that ultimately forced the erratic new regime of Sergeant Samuel Doe to refrain from further bloodspilling. With the exception of those states that actually border South Africa, Nigeria has done more than any other African nation to assist liberation movements...
...brawny west African country of Nigeria has ample cause to celebrate this week. It is 20 years since it achieved independence from Britain and one year since it returned to civilian democratic government after more than a decade of military rule. Beyond the purely commemorative reasons for rejoicing, Nigerians can revel in their emergence as black Africa's richest and most powerful nation-and a rising economic force on the world scene. With daily shipments to the U.S. of nearly 1 million bbl. of low-sulfur "sweet" crude oil, Nigeria ranks as the U.S. 's second largest supplier...
...reason: he is the leader of a country that boasts Africa's biggest population (90 million), largest standing army (130,000) and a G.N.P. of more than $50 billion. As one African diplomat puts it, "Whenever there is an important African issue, everyone waits to see what Nigeria decides. You can oppose it, but you must always take it into account...
...Western nations to cut their trade ties with South Africa, Shagari warns, "I cannot rule out using our oil or anything else." Washington gets the point. Says one U.S. diplomat: "If they ever thought we were backing off from our commitment to majority rule, I have no doubt that Nigeria would cut off oil shipments...
...Women in Lusaka, by the delegate from Somalia, Mrs. Edna Ismael: "Female circumcision ranks high in the list of preventable health hazards and affects almost 100 per cent of the female population of Somalia, Sudan and Djibouti, and to a lesser extent the females of Southern Egypt, Chad, Nigeria, Senegal, Kenya, Ethiopia and Mail, just to name a few." Islam is the religion of Somalia and most of the other countries concerned...