Nigeria: Ibrahim Gambari, the Iconic Scholar-Diplomat, At 80, By Kingsley Moghalu

Eighty cheers to an outstanding scholar-statesman.

At the UN as Nigeria’s Ambassador, Gambari was influential and well-liked by his colleagues. He recorded solid achievements as Chairman of the UN Special Committee Against Apartheid. He stood up for the victims of the Rwandan genocide, which occurred while Nigeria was a rotating member of the Security Council, arguing forcefully along with Czech Republic Ambassador Corel Kovanda and Australian Ambassador Colin Keating that the ethnic massacre of…