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KANO, Nigeria–Nigerian voters have high hopes for this month’s elections, after two delays due to logistical hurdles resulted in the first round of the postponed polls finally getting off to a rocky start yesterday. Here are the words of a Nigerian citizen who expects more from the so-called democratic government than he has experienced in the 12 years since Nigeria abandoned military rule.
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A strong earthquake just hit off Japan’s northeastern coast, in the Miyagi prefecture. This is the same coast that was already flattened by the last earthquake, and nuclear plants are once again at risk of compromise.
It has now been three weeks since the devastating earthquake and tsunami in Japan. Here are the latest facts and figures on the crisis, culled from official sources.
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Matt Yglesias recently posited that the influx of used t-shirts to Africa is a good thing that “reflects a real improvement in living standards.” The development experts have got to be all over this, right?`
The Disaster Relief 2.0 Blog Series provides a public forum for people from both the humanitarian and volunteer and technical communities to discuss ideas in this report and the future of disaster relief.
