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Vote rigging and other problems in Nigerian state elections, as the outgoing government tries to stay in power.

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Nigeria and a review of oil contracts with oil companies similiar to what countries like Russia and Venezuela and Kazakhstan are now doing.

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Economic mismanagement that Barrack Obama deplores in some of the African countries that are independent. Zimbabwe stands out in the extent of collapse of infrastructure, living conditions and complete collapse of currency. And strikingly leaders of its neighbors in South Africa and other larger African countries have not spoke out. Mugabe's government has stolen elections and not tolerated any opposition. The MDC Movement for Democratic Change led by Morgan Tsvangirai is trying to correct things in the coming elections but does it stand a chance if Mugabe again intimidates the opposition at the elections.

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The vast expansion of the Indian middle class takes on a different dimension a few weeks before the election say experts, as India heads into a general election after the India Pakistan conflict in February 2019. This is because national security now has a wider constituency. It could help the incumbent party the BJP with urban voters and swing voters as the issue of security remained prominent in the northern states. In other states where caste and regional politics, farmer agricultural related issues are prominent, this could be less of a factor. Overlooked in this is the manner in which new investments in infrastructure have been pushed forward for rail, road and bridges, and in other infrastructure such as hospitals and universities. The government slogan is that what was once considered impossible is now possible. New metro lines are being inaugurated in many cities including Ahmedabad, Mumbai. The speed with which the Metro in Mumbai is being built, with the head of the project saying it should have been built yesterday, is an example of the urgency given to infrastructure. The government is pushing hard to convey the image that the next 5 years would lead to an infrastructure building boom that it has shown can be done. A recent report in the Guardian shows that China is pouring every 2 years more concrete than the U.S. did in the entire 20th century. This fact drives India under Modi as it heads into the 2019 election, the sense that previous governments had never pushed India's potential for modernization similar to its East Asian neighbors, Japan, South Korea and China.    ...