Vol 41 No 21 | 
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	     Relations between Gueï and Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo deteriorated sharply after this - and a mysterious bomb explosion which killed four Nigerians at an Abidjan bus station...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	      Although President and retired General Olusegun Obasanjo's economic and diplomatic judgements are frequently under fire  few question his knowledge of and standing within the military...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	    President Olusegun Obasanjo's security structure works as follows: 1...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
            Vol 41 No 19 | 
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	     Seven heads of state  including the heavyweights Thabo Mbeki  Olusegun Obasanjo  Abdelaziz Bouteflika and Abdoulaye Wade  arrived in Abidjan on 24 September while the affair of the sacked generals was at its height...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     Eventually President Olusegun Obasanjo had to intervene personally...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	    President Olusegun Obasanjo ended his first year in office on 29 May much as he arrived  struggling on several fronts against outbreaks of ethnic  regional and religious violence that have their roots in the deepening impoverishment of Nigeria's 118 million people...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     He has renewed his friendship with Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo  for whom he petitioned while he was in gaol...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     Much was hoped for from President Olusegun Obasanjo's new government: the election  albeit a disputed one  was going to stabilise Nigeria  giving a reform-minded government the mandate to quickly liberalise the economy  clean up corruption  reach an accord with the World Bank and International Monetary Fund  and negotiate a substantial reduction in the US$34 billion foreign debt...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	    The determination of President Olusegun Obasanjo's government to probe the financial management of its military predecessors is to be tested by soccer star John Fashanu...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     Last December  Museveni and Sudanese President Omer Hassan Ahmed el Beshir signed a peace agreement in Nairobi  under the auspices of ex-United States President Jimmy Carter (and behind-the-scenes pressure from Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo's envoy  ex-President Ibrahim Babangida)...