OPEC
has persuaded 11 non-member oil producers to cut production in an attempt to
raise the low prices that have squeezed government finances in
resource-dependent countries. Qatari Energy Minister Mohammed bin Saleh
al-Sada, OPEC's president, said Saturday that non-members agreed to cut 558,000
barrels per day, less than the 600,000 barrels a day that OPEC had hoped for.
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Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged the President of the United States of America (USA), Donald Trump, to attach and release to Nigeria, some $500 million worth of US-based proceeds of corruption traced to former Nigerian dictator, late General Sani Abacha. SERAP, which made this request in an open letter it send to the US President, also urged President Trump to initiate discussions with the Nigerian government to fulfill these objectives within an agreed framework and timeline. The organisation in the letter dated 3 February 2017 and signed by the organization’s US Volunteer Counsel Professor Alexander W. Sierck and executive director Adetokunbo Mumuni, also wants the Trump’s Administration to instruct the Justice Department to initiate civil asset forfeiture proceedings in regard to the $500 million in assets. SERAP further stated, “these proceeds are separate from the $480 million of Abacha-origin funds that have been forfeited to the US...

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