22/01/2015
Nigeria?s 1 Million Displaced Voters Pose Challenge
Anne Look DAKAR, SENEGAL? Nigeriarsquo;s electoral commission is scrambling to find ways that will allow approximately 1 million people displaced by Boko Haram-related violence to vote in the February elections. The independent commission says voters displaced by fighting in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa states can pick up their voter cards at designated centers and refugee camps, many of them located in the state capitals. Those locations are also where displaced voters will be able to cast their ballots. That means tens of thousands of displaced Nigerians who have fled farther south must make their way back. Journey required To get his voter card, Bouba...
