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Starving Lions. The drought seems to be moving southward. The usually lush tropical forests of the northern Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo and Dahomey have received so little rain that their coffee and cocoa crops are far below normal. Nigeria's peanut harvest has been cut by two-thirds. Animals as well as people are suffering. More than 3,000 elephants, lions, giraffes and buffaloes have starved to death in Cameroon's Waza National Park...
NIGERIAN NATIONAL OIL CO. is Africa's largest and most promising state petroleum firm. Nigeria produces 2.2 million bbl. a day-about 40% of which finally ends up in the U.S.-and the government of General Yakubu Gowon openly intends to gain control of every aspect of the petroleum business N.N.O.C. has already bought 35% of the biggest oil firm, Shell-BP, and will take over...
...Arabs are encouraging these bilateral pacts because they want to take advantage of international disarray while they can. Since the production cutbacks began in October, other countries have stepped up their output. Indonesia's daily production has gone from 1.3 million bbl. in September to 1.4 million bbl.; Nigeria's from 2.1 million bbl. to 2.2 million bbl.; Iran's from 5.8 million bbl. to 6 million bbl. If these and other production increases continue and demand remains checked, a return to pre-boycott levels of production by the Arab states could lead to a temporary world...
...Loeb's appearance of The National Folk Ensemble of Nigeria has been cancelled. On the other hand, if you wait till next week you can see Classics from the Russian Ballet, and if you call 547-3629 between 6 and 11, they'll evidently tell you about some mime workshop based on the techniques of Jacques LeCoq...
...Staple. While the salvage work proceeds, the Canal Authority will be restoring buoys, lights and other navigational aids. Also needed are about 13,000 workers. Most of them will probably be old canal employees, including 200 pilots who have dispersed to waterways off Kuwait, Libya, Nigeria and Hong Kong, but are anxious to return home. The entire project is expected to cost $400 million to $450 million...