Good explanatory reporting from CNN
A video report and an interview with John Campbell, former US ambassador to Nigeria offer background and summary to the presidential election and the reactions to it.Many thanks to Jeff Silva-Brown, teacher at Ukiah High School in California, who pointed linked to this report from his Facebook page.
Explaining the violence in Nigeria
“Roughly 17,000 people fled their homes in eight northern Nigerian states as violence erupted after presidential elections in Africa's most populous nation, the Nigerian Red Cross said Tuesday. Incumbent President Goodluck Jonathan, who was declared the winner Monday, appealed for unity as the breadth of the unrest sounded alarms for the government.”
Amidst mounting violence, I asked John Campbell, who served as U.S. Ambassador to Nigeria from 2004-2007 and is now the Ralph Bunche Senior Fellow for Africa policy Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations, for background and perspective. What are the roots of the violence? Will it get worse?…
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Labels: cleavages, corruption, elections, Nigeria
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