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Clinton seen taking tough line on graft in Nigeria

August 11, 2009

Reuters

ABUJA – The fight against corruption and electoral reform are expected to be high on the agenda when U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton meets Nigerian President Umaru Yar’Adua on Wednesday.

Clinton arrives in Africa’s most populous nation and its biggest energy producer on Tuesday as part of a seven-nation, 11-day trip to the continent, a month after U.S. President Barack Obama visited nearby Ghana.

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