The newsletter says the sudden death of Nigerian army dictator General Sani Abacha on June 8 and the release of some political prisoners by the new general in charge, Abdulsalam Abubakar, gave birth to hope that the long nightmare of military rule in Nigeria was finally over; in the ruined streets of this wealthy country the impoverished people celebrated the passing of the oppressor and eagerly awaited the release of their President, Moshood Abiola, from four years of unjust and sometimes brutal imprisonment. The newsletter reprints a letter to President Clinton from Julian Bond, NAACP; Ambassador Walter Carrington, WEB DuBois Institute; Carolyn Kilpatrick, Member of Congress; Tilden LeMelle,...
The newsletter says the sudden death of Nigerian army dictator General Sani Abacha on June 8 and the release of some political prisoners by the new general in charge, Abdulsalam Abubakar, gave birth to hope that the long nightmare of military rule in Nigeria was finally over; in the ruined streets of this wealthy country the impoverished people celebrated the passing of the oppressor and eagerly awaited the release of their President, Moshood Abiola, from four years of unjust and sometimes brutal imprisonment. The newsletter reprints a letter to President Clinton from Julian Bond, NAACP; Ambassador Walter Carrington, WEB DuBois Institute; Carolyn Kilpatrick, Member of Congress; Tilden LeMelle, The Africa Fund; Bill Lucy, Coalition of Black Trade Unionists (CBTU), Gay McDougall, The International Human Rights Law Group; Cynthis McKinney, Member of Congress; Kweisi Mfume, NAACP; Donald Payne, Member of Congress; Randall Robinson, TransAfrica; Wyatt Tee Walker, American Committee on Africa (ACOA)l and Maxine Waters, Member of Congress. The newsletter includes Africa Fund Statement on the Death of MoShood Abiola. The newsletter reprints Abiola' Death: A Tragic Turn Of Events, a statement by Nigeria's leading human right group, the Civil Liberties Organization by Abdul Oroh. The newsletter mentions detention U.S. diplomats, the minority Ogoni people, Nigerian oil, and the Clinton Administration.
