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Struggling For Fair Elections in Nigeria, April 2008
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Credit: Elizabeth Dickinson / allAfricaVoting begins in Bwari local government for the re-run of the House and Senate seats in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. -
Credit: Elizabeth Dickinson / allAfricaAn elderly voter's finger is inked, indicating that he has cast his vote. -
Credit: Elizabeth Dickinson / allAfricaAfter violence broke out at the polling station, police officers packed the balloting materials and began to leave the site, only to be chased down by voters demanding to continue the election. -
Credit: Elizabeth Dickinson / allAfricaA young man in Bwari pulls election materials away from a police officer on the street near the polling station. -
Credit: Elizabeth Dickinson / allAfricaOnce the youths returned the ballots to the station, violence broke out once again over how to proceed with the voting. -
Credit: Elizabeth Dickinson / allAfricaWomen overlook an ongoing brawl. -
Credit: Elizabeth Dickinson / allAfricaElection materials, in a transparent plastic bag, sit on the polling site while fighting continues. -
Credit: Elizabeth Dickinson / allAfricaCalm returns after an electoral commission official appears to quiet the situation.
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