After 8 Lost Years, a Wide-Open Election in the Giant of Africa

Posted on AllSides February 25th, 2023
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Taiwo Aina for The New York Times
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Upon winning independence from its British colonizers in 1960, thousands of Nigerians watched as their new green and white flag was raised over the capital at the time, Lagos, at midnight. As fireworks lit up the streets, hope and promise filled the air.

Nigerians’ hopes have been dashed many times since then. They have endured a bitter civil war, decades of military dictatorship and, in the past eight years, rising violence and economic failures under President Muhammadu Buhari. A record 89 percent of Nigerians think the country is going in the wrong...

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https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/25/world/africa/nigeria-presidential-election.html

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