VOL. XXXIX

No. 12

18-December-1995

OPEC

US Considering Further Measures Against Nigeria; African- American Leaders Urge Oil Embargo

The US State Department has said it is reviewing a number of measures - including an international oil embargo - to persuade Nigeria's military dictatorship to return the country to civilian democratic rule. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs George Moose told a US House of Representatives committee on 12 December that the US is "undertaking...