The Last 100 Days of Abacha: A Period of Frantic Power Consolidation
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Abacha stopped pacing and looked hard at the man. "The father? No. I am the driver. And if I stop driving, the bus will crash." The Last 100 Days of Abacha: A Period
The Aftermath
Throughout April, Abacha faced intensified foreign pressure. The United States under President Bill Clinton had imposed sanctions after the Ken Saro-Wiwa execution in 1995. But in early April 1998, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Susan Rice declared Nigeria under Abacha “a pariah state.” Britain’s Commonwealth Minister’s Action Group also met in London, threatening stronger travel bans and asset freezes. Politics & Power: internal regime dynamics, cabinet moves,