Courage, Mon Brave; Niger, Algeria, Libya, Egypt and Sudan  

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Dalam koleksi: The Economist (http://search.proquest.com/) vol. 406 no. 8825 (Mar. 2013), page SS10-SS11.
Topik: International; Economic Conditions; Activism; Living Conditions; Governmental Reform

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The continent's messy middle starts an hour north of the Nigerian capital. Drivers must stop at checkpoints every few miles and observe overnight curfews. On the outskirts of Kano, the main northern city, armed soldiers patrol the streets with bayonets fixed to their barrels. The governor's office is a fortress, all roads around it blocked off with man-high concrete barriers. An Islamic extremist group calling itself Boko Haram (Western teachings are sinful) kills hundreds of people a year with car bombs and in commando raids. The heavy-handed response of the security forces kills many more. The governor is proud of the new street lights he has installed, but the residents are furious because they see little of Nigeria's oil wealth. Kano is on the edge of Africa's interior, which stretches from the dusty vastness of the Sahara desert, just to the north, down to the lush, fertile valleys of the Congo river and up to the Ugandan border. Tales of African woe published in Western media mostly come from this region.

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