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What affects one nation invariably affects the others. If African nations have challenges, the West also pays for it,” Mr. Jonathan said in an interview with The Globe and Mail. It is a dilemma: the old G8 lost its role as an economic steering committee because it didn’t represent major emerging economies which had to be at the table to address global economic threats. The G20 is already unwieldy, and in practice numbers more than 20. But even with a summit that now includes China, India, Mexico, and Brazil, there’s still a major continent, arguing it represents economic potential, if not current financial power, that’s barely represented. And the likely expansion ofnike shoesthe G20’s mandate – the next host, South Korea, intends to put development issues squarely on the group’s agenda – will only heighten arguments that the world’s poorest continent is missing. 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Wearing his trademark narrow-brimmed hat, the former vice-president who officially became president less than two months ago on the death of former president Umaru Yar’Adua, argues that the transfer of power, passing through a constitutional crisis to a man from a different language and religious background, is proof that his country is stable. “That should tell the world that politically Nigeria isnike shoes for sale stable,” he said. “From 1999, when the last military head of state handed over to the civilian government, Nigeria has been stable.” His country is still plagued by corruption and criminal gangs, however, and though Mr. Jonathan took power promising a new politics of anti-corruption and electoral reform, he faces skepticism inside his country and out. “Nigeria’s struggling. 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