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					<description><![CDATA[Published by The Independent (28th December, 2015) Who will mourn the passing of 2015? It seems such a grim year filled with terrible tales of atrocities, extremism and [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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					<description><![CDATA[Published by CapX (6th April, 2015) The message to his country is simple: ‘Don’t expect miracles.’ These are wise words from Muhammadu Buhari as Nigeria’s septuagenarian new leader surveys [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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					<description><![CDATA[Published by The Independent (17th January, 2015) Lawrence Ebele Jonathan was a canoe-maker, struggling to survive in the Delta region of southern Nigeria. Yet despite his humble background he [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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					<description><![CDATA[Published in The Independent (October 1st, 2013) The murder of Saturday lunchtime shoppers in a Nairobi shopping centre grabbed global headlines. This was unsurprising: it was a savage [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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