Nigeria

Nigerias president Goodluck Jonathan har store utfordringer foran seg. Valget i 2011 vil være en nasjonal milepæl. Maktkampen i landet vil fortsette fram mot valget. Nigeria ble ført ut i en konstitusjonell krise da tidligere president Yar’Adua ble syk og døde vinteren 2010. En konfliktfylt periode endte med at Goodluck Jonathan tok over som president. Yar’Adua og hans støttespillere ønsket ikke å gi Jonathan, som da var visepresident, fullmakt til å fungere som president, selv om Yar’Adua var dødssyk og i en lengre periode oppholdt seg i Saudi-Arabia for å få medisinsk behandling. Dette førte til at Nigeria i en periode var uten et fungerende statsoverhode. Les mer >

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Africa News Update - siste saker fra Nigeria

How Qaqa, Boko Haram spokesman, was arrested

Kaduna (Nigeria) - In a joint operation involving the military and officials of the Department of State Security (DSS), the spokes-man of Boko Haram, Abu Qaqa, was arrested at about 4 O'clock Wednesday morning at Kaduna, Kaduna State. Les mer >

This Day (Lagos) / 2.2.2012

The apathy barrier has been broken (analysis)

Is the Nigerian ‘revolution’ over? Was it just a brief moment in our history when everyone came together believing that this time things would be different? Or has there been a permanent shift in consciousness? Emmanuel Iduma likens Nigeria’s 14-day revolt to a dream from which we awoke and returned to normalcy. Les mer >

Pambazuka News, by Sokari Ekine * / 26.1.2012

Emir of Kano weeps as Jonathan visits

Kano(Nigeria) — The pomp of royalty was set aside, yesterday, as the revered Emir of Kano, Alhaji Ado Bayero broke down in tears as he recounted the loss of human lives that followed last Friday’s Boko Haram attack on the ancient city before a visiting President Goodluck Jonathan. Les mer >

The Vanguard (Nigeria) / 23.1.2012

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