Will Nigeria Be the New Iraq?
- September/October 2021
- September 1, 2021
Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa, the continent’s largest democracy, and is poised to become the third-largest country in the world by 2050. Based on these facts alone, one would think the country is on a path to prosperity. But in fact Nigeria is teetering on the edge of political and social dysfunction
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