Last October, Yar’Adua joined South Africa and Libya in opposing US plans to deploy AFRICOM, its new African regional military command, on the continent. He then asked Nigeria’s National Assembly to write off $13 million of Liberia’s $43 million bilateral debt after Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf withdrew her offer to host the new command.
现在有迹象表明石油驱动的外交政策正在复苏。去年十月，Yar’Adua与南非和利比亚联合反对美国在非洲大陆上部署其新的区域性军事指挥部的AFRICOM计划。在利比里亚总统Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf撤销了作为新指挥部东道国的提议后，他又请求尼日利亚国会勾销了利比里亚所欠4300万美元双边债务中的1300万。