Nigeria 2023

March 4, 2023 12:52 PM

In Nigeria's election held on February 25, Bola Tinubu has been declared winner but with some delays and discrepancies reported, his two main rivals are disputing the results (NYT | Ungated). The president, and Nigeria, face gowing economic difficulty and unrest. In particular, the Niger Delta with its oil reserves is troubled due to foreign exploitation and local oil theft leading to gang warfare, political corruption, poverty, and environmental devastation.
posted by blue shadows (3 comments total)

Vox has an article on the election that may be good background.
posted by zompist at 3:47 PM on March 4, 2023 [1 favorite]

I know so little about Africa, and it is such a consequential place for the 21 Century. I blame the deeply stupid middle school football coach named Mike Byrne who wasted an entire year of social studies where our grade was based solely on memorizing the capitals of the countries (most of which he mispronounced) -- but the older I get and the more I realize that we will all end up living in an arid climate, the less I realize I know about the huge sprawling place.

Damn it, I have to hit the books!

Thanks for the reminder to stop thinking about junk like ChatGPT, and to start catching up, blue shadows.
posted by wenestvedt at 7:43 PM on March 5, 2023 [1 favorite]

The Continent is a good resource, but for reasons I was never clear, the dissemination is strictly on PDF, even on their website (it's optimized to be shared on Whatsapp). That's at least not gated, except in terms of access. Al-Jazeera has a decent regional desk as well.
posted by cendawanita at 2:36 AM on March 6, 2023 [1 favorite]