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Nigeria’s electoral commission sent shockwaves through the country when it announced hours before polling was due to begin that the elections were being postponed. This isn’t the first time that polling has been postponed in the country. But, as Fola Adeleke writes, the reasons given this time are much weaker than on previous occasions, and are playing directly into peoples’ mistrust of the ability of the country to hold free and fair elections.
For his part Uche Onyebadi looks at what Nigeria’s great musicians and writers have had to say about the inadequacies of their country’s leadership.
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Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari holding a flag during a recent campaign rally. He is running for a second term in office.
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Fola Adeleke, University of the Witwatersrand
This is not the first time a Nigerian poll has been postponed but it is certainly the most dramatic.
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Fela Kuti’s Mr Follow Follow is the b-side of his album, Zombie.
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Uche Onyebadi, Texas Christian University
Cultural icons like Achebe, Fela and Saro-Wiwa were among those who highlighted Nigeria's failings.
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Politics and Society
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Chris Edelson, American University School of Public Affairs
History shows that Congress can play an important role in checking a president's power.
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Katherine E. Brown, University of Birmingham
A schoolgirl who left Bethnal Green to join Islamic State in Syria is now in a refugee camp and wants to return to the UK.
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Health + Medicine
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C. Brandon Ogbunu, Brown University; Randall Harp, University of Vermont; Samuel V. Scarpino, Northeastern University
In January, measles returned to the Pacific Northwest, while Ebola resurged in the Congo. It would take a lot more research for scientists to be able to stop threats like these in their tracks.
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Peter Macharia, Kenya Medical Research Institute; Emelda Okiro, Kenya Medical Research Institute
Only half of Kenya's 47 counties achieved the 2000 goal on reducing child mortality
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Philippe Grandcolas, Muséum national d’histoire naturelle (MNHN) – Sorbonne Universités
Une toute récente étude fait état d’une disparition massive des populations d’insectes. Une très mauvaise nouvelle pour la biodiversité.
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Marina Joubert, Stellenbosch University; Francois van Schalkwyk, Stellenbosch University
Mettre en place une communication efficace sera crucial pour contrecarrer l’inquiétante tendance à l’hésitation vaccinale. Première étape : comprendre comment se diffuse l’information scientifique.
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