February 27, 2007
AW, THEY JUST WANT THE AFRICA SEAT ON THE RECONFIGURED SECURITY COUNCIL:
Contrary to global trends, Nigerians love America:The US's image has declined worldwide since 2000, even among its allies, but polls in Nigeria show climbing approval rates. (Sarah Simpson, 2/28/07, The Christian Science Monitor)
Some 72 percent of Nigerians say that the US is having a mainly positive effect in the world, according to a BBC World Service poll released last month.Posted by Orrin Judd at February 27, 2007 8:22 PMA 2006 poll by the US-based Pew Global Attitudes Project reveals that 62 percent of Nigerians have a positive opinion of the US, up from 46 percent in 2000.
Comments
Forget the Security Council - it's all those e-mails scams that prompt Nigerian love for the US.
Posted by: ratbert at February 28, 2007 12:33 AMMaybe all that 419 email scam money is buying us some goodwill.
Posted by: PapayaSF at February 28, 2007 12:43 AMThat's what I get for tabbed browsing: I swear ratbert's post wasn't there when I made the post above!
Posted by: PapayaSF at February 28, 2007 12:45 AM