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Article: Making Nigeria's environmental laws easier to see.(Originated from KRT FORUM)
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- Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service
- Article date:
- May 3, 1997
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By Robert J. Goldstein
Bridge News
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. _ With the eyes of the world focused on the crisis in nearby Zaire, rumblings of a similar nature have long been felt in Nigeria, the backbone of West Africa.
The execution of nine environmentalists in November 1995, including playwright Ken Saro-Wiwa, made headlines for a while. And democratic principles have been repressed from the city of Lagos to outlying regions where the seeds of tribal unrest are sprouting.
Meanwhile, profits from Nigerian oil, worth approximately $10 billion annually, provide for a lucrative business climate. But it's one in which human-rights ...