Nigeria - Can Elections Be Fair?

Africa Focus

Can Elections Be Fair?

analysis

"The April 2011 general elections - if credible and peaceful - would reverse the degeneration of the franchise since Nigeria returned to civilian rule in 1999, yield more representative and legitimate institutions and restore faith in a democratic trajectory. Anything similar to the 2007 sham, however, could deepen the vulnerability of West Africa's largest country to conflict." - International Crisis Group

18 March 2011