Afro-centrism as the centerpiece of Nigeria’s foreign policy: A historical misnomer in the aftermath of xenophobic attacks in South Africa

Figures & data

Table 1. Select Nigeria’s conservative Afro-centric interventions across Africa

S/N	Donor	Recipient(s)	Intervention details received	Period/date
1.	Nigeria	Chad	Settled intra disputes between Goukonni Weddeye and Hissen Habre	1986–1987
2.	Nigeria	Chad	Convened the Kano I–II Peace Talks, Nigeria that thwarted the internationalization of the Chadian conflict with the involvement of France and Libya.	April 1979
3.	Nigeria	Chad	Nigeria afterwards sent peacekeeping forces to Chad under the auspices of the OAU now AU	1977–1982
4.	Nigeria	Sierra Leone	Reinstated the legitimate regime of Kabbah to power	1999
5	Nigeria	Sierra Leone	Nigeria donated the sum of 100,000 USD to set up the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) as part of Nigeria’s efforts to stabilize Sierra Leone after the war.	1999
6	Nigeria	African States	Nigeria advanced the proposal for setting peace, Security and African solidarity in the new millennium	2000
7		African States	Nigeria advanced the proposal for the convening of a Ministerial Conference on Security, Stability, Development and Cooperation in Africa (CSSDCA)	2000
8.	Nigeria	West Africa	Championed the setting up of the Economic Community of West African States Monitoring Group (ECOMOG)	1990
9	Nigeria	Sierra Leone & Liberia	Utilized ECOMOG and vast resources to end civil wars in both countries.	1990
10	Nigeria	Sao Tome and Principe	Restored Mr. Fradique Menezes to power after a military takeover	July, 2003
11	Nigeria	Sao Tome and Principe	Donated the sum of 50,000 USD to encourage stability of government	August, 2003
12	Nigeria	Niger	Nigeria signed an agreement with Niger Republic for Nigeria to supply 30,000 kilowatts of electricity to Niger from Nigeria’s own hydroelectricity kanji Dam	1972
13	Nigeria	Niger	Nigeria donated to Niger relief materials worth millions of Naira when Niger was ravaged by a life claiming drought	1974
14	Nigeria	African states	Nigeria established Technical Aid Corps Scheme (TACS) to address manpower deficit across Africa	1987
15	Nigeria	African states	Nigeria advanced a proposal at the Algiers Summit of the Organization of African Unity (OAU) in 1999, for peace, Security and African solidarity in the new millennium.	2000
16	Nigeria	African states	Nigeria made a proposal for the convening of a Ministerial Conference on Security, Stability, Development and Cooperation in Africa (CSSDCA) and it was also unanimously adopted	2000
17.	Nigeria	Guinea Bissau, Cote D’Ivoire Ethiopia/Eritrea, DRC, Burundi, Mano River Area & Western Sahara	Nigeria military contingents also played vital roles in peacekeeping missions in countries	1960-Date
18	Nigeria	Liberia	As part of negotiation to settle the Liberian crisis, Nigeria pressured the former president Charles Taylor to step down from power & was granted asylum.	August 2003
20	Nigeria	Togo	Nigeria assisted in the constitutional process leading to the installation of democratically elected government in Togo after the death of President Gnassingbe Eyadema.	February, 2005
21	Nigeria	Sudan	Nigeria hosted several peace and mediation talks between Sudanese government and Darfurian rebel factions/forces.

Source: Compiled by the author from various sources.