Example sentences for: abacha

How can you use “abacha” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • (The story is flagged on the Wall Street Journal front and runs inside at the Washington Post and the New York Times .) The heart attack death of Nigerian dictator, Sani Abacha, leads the NYT and is also the top non-local story at the WP . (Abacha also gets front-page space at the Los Angeles Times .) The $32 billion bank merger of Wells Fargo and Norwest leads at the LAT , which also features top of the page pictures of the three remaining Beatles together in London at the Linda McCartney memorial service.

  • Sani Abacha died Monday, the independent, pro-democracy Post Express called on the new military leadership to release political detainees and establish a "Government of National Unity" as first steps toward re-establishing a civilian democracy.

  • He said that if Abacha were to contest the elections, "he would not be violating any known Nigerian law or international norm."

  • Western countries and Nigerian opposition leaders implored the military to use Abacha's death as an opportunity to restore civilian democracy.

  • Both Suharto and Abacha, of course, were despicable tyrants, with records of venality and bloody oppression.


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