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Canada pledges support

    ABIDJAN

    Earlier, during a visit to Nigeria, Axworthy announced that Canada would contribute Canadian $ 750,000 to projects supporting free and fair elections in Nigeria. A press release from the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs yesterday said Ottawa would also contribute $115,000 to a project supporting democratic development. “One of the objectives of Mr Axworthy’s trip was to convey Canada’s satisfaction with the way elections have been held since the death of General Abacha and to encourage them to continue their efforts,” Donald McMaster, the Canadian ambassador in Abidjan, told IRIN today.

    Reuters quoted Axworthy as saying if a civilian government was elected and the transfer of power carried out, Nigeria should be “brought back into the Commonwealth”.

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