1. Reviewing U.S.-Nigeria Relations: New Links to Reinforce Democracy
- Author:
- Princeton Lyman and Linda Cotton
- Publication Date:
- 03-2000
- Content Type:
- Policy Brief
- Institution:
- Overseas Development Council
- Abstract:
- Emerging from 15 years of military rule, the Republic of Nigeria is struggling to build a stable, peaceful democratic nation from its 200 ethnic groups divided among 36 states. In May 1999, retired General Olusegun Obasanjo was elected President-a repeat performance of his earlier role as catalyst for democratic change. In 1979, Obasanjo presided over the only transition to civilian rule until now. His democratic instincts won him three years in jail under former President Sani Abacha's brutally repressive military regime.
- Topic:
- Environment, International Organization, and International Trade and Finance
- Political Geography:
- Africa, United States, and Nigeria