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Vol 61 No 14

Published 9th July 2020


Nigeria

Divided we stand

President Buhari has papered over rifts in the ruling party but they will re-emerge ahead of national elections

With the Covid-19 pandemic spreading and the economy on the slide, the country's top politicians have taken refuge in the familiarity of an old-fashioned internal power struggle. Rival factions have been circling for months around the position of Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in a succession of lawsuits, injunctions and contested appointments.

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