Ken Lee Salmon went to a market just outside of Abuja, the capital of Nigeria. He found great enthusiasm for presidential contender Peter Orby. Three separate polls have put Mr. Obi in the lead in the run up to February's elections. The Economist is an Africa correspondent for The Economist.
Our correspondent meets with Peter Obi, who has a handsome poll lead and an appeal that spans the country’s religions and ethnicities. But his presidential bid still faces obstacles. Myanmar’s ruling junta is doing more than suppressing the country’s people: it is battering the economy equally efficiently. And remembering Brother Andrew, who made daring deliveries behind the Iron Curtain.
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