Nigeria: Links to Recent Documents

Africa Policy E-Journal

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://lists.essential.org/1998/shell-nigeria-action/msg00798.html
[see also http://www.reliefweb.int]

Movement for the Survival of the Ijaw Ethnic Nationalities in the Niger Delta
October 21, 1998

http://lists.essential.org/1998/shell-nigeria-action/msg00639.html

Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP)
Acting MOSOP President to return to Ogoni

http://lists.essential.org/1998/shell-nigeria-action/msg00638.html
[also see http://www.oneworld.org/mosop]

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

"Redesigning a Nation" by Wole Soyinka October 16, 1998 in Lagos

http://www.kilima.com/nigeria/soyinka.html

Center for Constitutional Rights plans to sue Chevron over death of protesters in Nigeria
October 14, 1998

http://lists.essential.org/1998/shell-nigeria-action/msg00628.html

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

Sierra Club
Ogoni 20 Freed, but Shell's Pollution Remains October 2, 1998

http://lists.essential.org/1998/shell-nigeria-action/msg00609.html

International Federation of Chemical, Energy, Mine and General Workers' Unions (ICEM)
"Oil Unions back in Workers' Hands"
October 1, 1998

http://lists.essential.org/1998/shell-nigeria-action/msg00611.html
[also see http://www.icem.org]

Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP)
Letter of Appreciation from the Ogoni 20
September 30, 1998

http://lists.essential.org/1998/shell-nigeria-action/msg00605.html

Human Rights Watch / Article 19
"Blair urged to take tough stand with Nigerian leader"
September 21, 1998

http://lists.essential.org/1998/shell-nigeria-action/msg00593.html

Africa Fund Statement on Release of the Ogoni 20 September 10, 1998

http://lists.essential.org/1998/shell-nigeria-action/msg00571.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.]

Committee to Protect Journalists
Meeting with Nigerian Journalists at conference in Ghana
September 8, 1998

http://www.cpj.org/news/1998/ghanaconf.html

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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