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Article: The elections that Africa will be watching
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- New Statesman
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- April 2, 2007
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It is an election that is not likely to get much coverage in the mainstream western press, but it is one which will be hugely significant for the African continent. In fact, it is not going too far to say that this will be a defining moment for political freedom and democratic development in Africa - a moment, perhaps, where some of the obstacles that have held back political progress throughout the continent will be removed.
The country in question? Nigeria.
Say "Nigeria" and more likely than not the things that will spring to mind, for most people in this country, are fraud scams, and immigrants from West Africa - the kind so brilliantly parodied by the black comedian Felix ...
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