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Date: 01/20/2009 Description: Blue envelope icon, used for email subscriptions. State Dept Photo

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Secretary Clinton At the Corporate Council on Africa's Seventh Biennial U.S.-Africa Business Summit
(Oct. 1):
"There is no doubt that when one looks at Nigeria, it is such a heartbreaking scene we see. The number of people living in Nigeria is going up. The number of people facing food security and health challenges are going up. Why? Because the revenues have not been well managed. And the consequences of being a large energy producer has not been translated into positive changes for the Nigerian people."  Full Text