[wanabidii] 20 years after Saro-Wiwa's execution: 7 ways in which Nigeria has changed...and remained the same (M&G Africa)

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10 Nov 2015

20 years after Saro-Wiwa's execution: 7 ways in which Nigeria has changed...and remained the same   Nigeria's economy is more than ten times bigger, polio is nearly eradicated, and Nollywood surges. But Saro-Wiwa's life work is still incomplete

Doping, corruption report to rock athletics Monday; Senegal's Diack run world athletics like a crime syndicate   "You...have a bunch of old men who put a whole lot of extra money in their pockets through extortion and bribes" - co-author Richard McLaren.

Giant telecoms MTN's chief Debangwa quits over $5.2Bn Nigerian fine, the biggest ever in Africa   Nigeria, Africa's most populous country, is MTN group's largest market where it had over 62.8 million subscribers by the second quarter of 2015.

EU will pay African countries to take back migrants; new $2 billion 'trust fund' for continent announced   The plan also calls for increased diplomatic efforts to ease or resolve conflict, and to boost economic and agricultural development

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