Nigeria
Marriages open up governorship election campaign in Kano State

Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, emir of Kano, in northern Nigeria, during the Durbar festival, on 2 September 2017.
Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, emir of Kano, in northern Nigeria, during the Durbar festival, on 2 September 2017. © Akintunde Akinleye/Reuters
The two front-runners for the post of governor in the northern Nigerian state are starting to muster their forces and form new alliances. They have no qualms about using their children's marriages to this end. [...]
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