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| Africa Subsaharan |
| Nigeria gets new Islamic leader |
| 2006-11-02 |
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| Posted by:anonymous5089 |
| #1 Don't be too quick to dismiss the Nigerians. As a rule of thumb, if a nation was colonized and ruled by Britain for many years, it has much better prospects than colonies of other European powers (esp. France.) Nigeria stayed with Britain until very late in the game, in 1960, and it was Britain that wanted them to be independent more than they wanted to leave the Commonwealth. It has some of the most highly educated people in Africa, and 1 in 6 Africans are Nigerians. Nigeria has a great deal of influence in West Africa. It is an important member of ECOWAS (the Economic Community of West African States) and plays a central role in ECOMOG's (the Economic Community of West African States Monitoring Group) peacekeeping operation. It also has generally lower HIV/AIDS than the rest of Africa, too. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2006-11-02 12:56 |