Theory question 110
Nigeria's Foreign PolicySection B (answer two questions only from this section)
How has Nigeria shown that Africa is the centrepiece of her foreign policy?
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Support for liberation movements in Southern Africa (Angola, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Namibia, South Africa) with money and diplomacy; front-line role against apartheid.
Founding and active membership of the OAU (now AU) and ECOWAS (1975).
Peacekeeping: Chad (1979, 1981), Liberia and Sierra Leone (ECOMOG, from 1990).
Financial aid, loans and oil at concessional prices to African states (e.g. Nigerian Trust Fund at the ADB).
Technical Aid Corps (1987): sending Nigerian professionals to African countries.
Mediation in African disputes and civil wars.
Recognition of the MPLA in Angola (1975) despite US pressure.
Nationalisation of BP (1979) over Britain's Southern Africa policy.
Hosting African events such as FESTAC 77 and the All-Africa Games.
Give specific examples and dates.