He's likely to be close to Nigeria's President Olusegun Obasanjo another recycled general...
Vol 43 No 10 |
- SOUTH AFRICA
Among Mbeki's closest cabinet allies Zuma 53 is key to Pretoria's Africa diplomacy: mediator in Congo-Kinshasa's war ally of Rwanda staunch opponent of Sudan's Islamist regime working with Southern African Development Community powers such as Angola and Zambia (Mbeki leads on Zimbabwe and has close ties to Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo)...
It is a measure of Nigeria's political class that in next year's presidential election the two most likely candidates - Olusegun Obasanjo and Muhammadu Buhari - are retired generals and former military leaders...
The army is back at the centre of politics three years after it handed over to an elected government whose head President Olusegun Obasanjo is himself a recycled military leader...
It was relieved by the late arrival of Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo head of NePAD's implementing committee with a tub-thumping show-stealing cameo but Senegal was embarrassed by the non-appearance of NePAD's co-architects Presidents Thabo Mbeki of South Africa Abdelaziz Bouteflika of Algeria and Mohamed Hosni Mubarak of Egypt...
Diplomats thought he looked better than for some time when he met Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo on 3 April in Abuja to settle the maritime boundary between the two countries...
Hamidu's helping hand Hamidu claims to have introduced Kufuor to Nigeria's President Olusegun Obasanjo who helped the NPP to its electoral victory; he had hoped to be Kufuor's running mate in the 2000 elections when his rivals were Wayo Seini the Andani family spokesman and Alieu Mahama now Vice-President...
Mugabe's position weakened after Mbeki and Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo backed the suspension of Zimbabwe from the Commonwealth on 19 March...
Brokered by South Africa's President Thabo Mbeki and Nigeria's President Olusegun Obasanjo the deal proposes: a coalition government with ministers from all parties and some non-partisan figures; a review of recent oppressive laws on public assembly and the media; full implementation of the Abuja agreement stipulating orderly land redistribution to be financed by Britain and international financial institutions...
Vol 43 No 6 |
- OIL AND GAS
There is less pressure to reform the oil business in Nigeria especially since President Olusegun Obasanjo's government suspended cooperation with the IMF (AC Vol 43 No 5)...