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Nigeria: Links to Recent Documents Date distributed (ymd): 981025 Document reposted by APIC
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Region: West Africa Issue Areas: +political/rights+ Summary Contents: This posting contains web links to selected documents on Nigeria from September and October, covering issues such as human rights, the environment and the transition to civilian rule. The next posting contains excerpts from two recent issues of the Nigeria Media Monitor (http://www.kilima.com/mediamonitor).
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Recent Policy Documents on the Web: Nigeria
UN Integrated Regional Information Network (IRIN) Update on pipeline fire October 21, 1998
http://www.essential.org/listproc/shell-nigeria-action/msg01079.html [type URL on one line] [see also http://www.reliefweb.int
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Movement for the Survival of the Ijaw Ethnic Nationalities in the Niger Delta October 21, 1998
http://www.essential.org/listproc/shell-nigeria-action/msg01078.html [type URL on one line]
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Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP) Acting MOSOP President to return to Ogoni
http://www.essential.org/listproc/shell-nigeria-action/msg01077.html [type URL on one line] [also see http://www.oneworld.org/mosop]
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Nigeria Petrol Pipeline Explosion: An Avoidable Tragedy Environmental Rights Action [Friends of the Earth Nigeria] October 21, 1998
http://www.kilima.com/nigeria/tragedy.html
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"Redesigning a Nation" by Wole Soyinka October 16, 1998 in Lagos
http://www.kilima.com/nigeria/soyinka.html
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Center for Constitutional Rights plans to sue Chevron over death of protesters in Nigeria October 14, 1998
http://www.essential.org/listproc/shell-nigeria-action/msg01067.html [type URL on one line]
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Amnesty International: Open Letter on Nigeria to Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group on the Harare Declaration October 8-9, 1998
http://www.amnesty.org/ailib/aipub/1998/AFR/14403998.htm
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Sierra Club Ogoni 20 Freed, but Shell's Pollution Remains October 2, 1998
http://www.essential.org/listproc/shell-nigeria-action/msg01048.html [type URL on one line] [also see http://www.sierraclub.org/human-rights/nigeria.html
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International Federation of Chemical, Energy, Mine and General Workers' Unions (ICEM) "Oil Unions back in Workers' Hands" October 1, 1998
http://www.essential.org/listproc/shell-nigeria-action/msg01050.html [type URL on one line] [also see http://www.icem.org]
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Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP) Letter of Appreciation from the Ogoni 20 September 30, 1998
http://www.essential.org/listproc/shell-nigeria-action/msg01044.html [type URL on one line]
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Human Rights Watch / Article 19 "Blair urged to take tough stand with Nigerian leader" September 21, 1998
http://www.essential.org/listproc/shell-nigeria-action/msg01032.html [type URL on one line]
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Africa Fund Statement on Release of the Ogoni 20 September 10, 1998
http://www.essential.org/listproc/shell-nigeria-action/msg01010.html [also see http://www.prairienet.org/acas/afund.html] [Note: The Africa Fund has recently issued a job announcement for a Director of Administration. For more information contact africafund@igc.apc.org or telephone 212-785-1024.]
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Committee to Protect Journalists Meeting with Nigerian Journalists at conference in Ghana September 8, 1998
http://www.cpj.org/news/ghanaconf.html
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For additional news see http://www.africanews.org/west/nigeria
For additional background and more links see http://www.africapolicy.org/action/nigeria.htm
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Message-Id: <199810252033.MAA17639@igc3.igc.apc.org> From: apic@igc.org Date: Sun, 25 Oct 1998 15:32:35 -0500 Subject: Nigeria: Links to Recent Documents
Editor: Ali B. Ali-Dinar, aadinar@sas.upenn.edu