Spotting sprouts of democracy
by the Monitor's Editorial Board
Mar 10, 2023
2 minutes
Plenty of Nigerians hoped that their recent presidential election would set a new high bar for democracy – not just for their country, but for all of Africa. Yet when it came time to vote, polling stations were disrupted by violence and ballot shortages, turnout was low, and the electronic system designed to prevent counting fraud faltered.
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