The report says The Africa Fund's recent program focused on the transition from military to civilian rule in Nigeria and growing opposition to operations of U.S. oil companies in the Niger Delta. Our mandate from the pro-democracy and human rights movements in Nigeria was to monitor the transition and, if a crisis developed, to mount pressure on Washington to intervene to keep the process on track. The Africa Fund formed the Leadership Commission on the Nigerian Transition, chaired by Desmond Tutu and including U.S. civil rights, trade unions, religious and political leaders. Mike Fleshman, Jennifer Davis, and Peter Weiss met with General Obasanjo, Fleshman plans to travel to Nigeria, and...
The report says The Africa Fund's recent program focused on the transition from military to civilian rule in Nigeria and growing opposition to operations of U.S. oil companies in the Niger Delta. Our mandate from the pro-democracy and human rights movements in Nigeria was to monitor the transition and, if a crisis developed, to mount pressure on Washington to intervene to keep the process on track. The Africa Fund formed the Leadership Commission on the Nigerian Transition, chaired by Desmond Tutu and including U.S. civil rights, trade unions, religious and political leaders. Mike Fleshman, Jennifer Davis, and Peter Weiss met with General Obasanjo, Fleshman plans to travel to Nigeria, and The Africa Fund plans to bring a delegation of senior members of the pro-democracy movement to the U.S. for briefings with policy makers and elected officials. The report also mentions Chevron's complicity with the Nigerian military, the deaths of peaceful protesters, Ohio Congressman Dennis Kucinich, Congressional Black Caucus (CBC), and House International Affairs Committee Chairman Rep. Ben Gilman.
