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Massacre in Nigeria
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Details about a massacre outside the Nigerian city of Jos on Sunday are still sketchy. Authorities arrested dozens of Muslim men after the attacks. The BBC’s Komla Dumor visited one of the villages where the massacres took place and speaks with one of the survivors.
Massacre’s revenge factor
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Revenge may have played a role in the Sunday massacre in central Nigeria. Anchor David Baron speaks with Michele Gelfand of the University of Maryland about her research into the cultural factors behind revenge.
Tech Podcast 275: Nope, no iPad
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No, this is not an exclusive screenshot from the new iPad. In fact, this episode has absolutely nothing in it about Apple’s shiny new gadget. This is, in fact, the first “screengrab” from John Logie Baird’s “televisor.” Find out all about it in this week’s episode. Also, we hear about Internet connectivity in Nigeria and Finland.
Failure “to connect the dots”
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Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair has promised action after sharp criticism from President Barack Obama over the failed attempt to blow up flight 253 on Christmas Day. The intelligence community had failed to “connect the dots”, Mr Obama said in a statement, adding: “That’s not acceptable, and I will not tolerate it.” Matthew Bell looks at the fallout after the President’s remarks. Download MP3
Airport security in The Netherlands
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Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab began his journey in Lagos, Nigeria. But he made the connection to the US in the Netherlands at the Dutch airport, Schipol, Amsterdam. An investigation is underway there to figure out how he got through. Hans de Vreij is security editor for Radio Netherlands. Anchor Katy Clark speaks with Hans de Vreij about airport security. Download MP3
Death and denial in Nigeria
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A harrowing report has been filed by Caroline Duffield, the BBC’s correspondent in Lagos, Nigeria. The bodies of young men are literally piling up in a hospital in the town of Enugu, and have been for months, it has been alleged. Nigerian police say the men, many of whom are untraceable, were thiefs and armed robbers. But the family members of some who can be identified are disputing the claims. Download MP3
How Happy is the Economy?
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The U.S. recession is over! (Technically speaking by one measure.) That’s because the nation’s gross domestic product is back in positive territory. But for the 10 percent of Americans who are out looking for work, it sure doesn’t feel like much of an economic recovery. Should GDP be the bar by which we judge economic health? And what about measuring a nation’s economic prowess by Big Mac sales? Many have argued that the mark of economic progress, or the triumph of American capitalism depending on your vantage, is when a nation serves up McDonald’s. By that argument, what does it say about a nation when its golden arches disappear?
Fast food in Nigeria
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Mr. Bigg’s is the largest fast food chain in Africa’s most populous country. This Nigerian chain, loosely modeled on McDonald’s, offers hamburgers and French fries as well as local fare. But running a fast food operation is no easy feat in a country beset by mismanagement, corruption, and a lack of infrastructure. David Hecht reports. (Photo: David Hecht) Download MP3
African famines examined
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Famines often occur during times of drought, but their causes go much deeper than a lack of rain. With East Africa now facing widespread hunger, we look back at a major food crisis that struck the Western African nation of Niger in 2005. Reporter David Hecht examines the roots of that crisis and finds some of them stretching across Niger’s border, to the neighboring country of Nigeria. Download MP3Hillary Clinton in Nigeria
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Anchor Marco Werman gets the latest from the BBC’s Caroline Duffield in the Nigerian capital, Abuja, on Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s visit there today.
John Hughes RIP, sand dunes made of bacteria, and WE CARE’s solar suitcase
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This week’s podcast features a geek’s audio tribute to John Hughes, the late director of “Weird Science.” Also, we talk about a project to make thousand mile sand dunes with the help of bacteria. And we hear about the solar suitcase, a toolbox designed to greatly improve maternal care in the developing world.
Nigerian leader killed
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The BBC’s Caroline Duffield reports from Lagos, Nigeria on death of the leader of an Islamic sect. Police claim he died in a shoot-out yesterday. Human rights leaders say he was intentionally executed by the government.
Shell oil settles Nigeria lawsuit
The oil company Royal Dutch Shell has agreed to settle a lawsuit accusing the company of human rights abuses in Nigeria. Shell is paying out 15.5 million dollars to relatives of the Nigerian writer and activist Ken Saro-Wiwa and others executed in 1995. The lawsuit claimed Shell was complicit in their deaths, though Shell did not admit responsibility. Anchor Marco Werman finds out more from Darren Kew, Assistant Professor in the Department of Conflict Resolution at the University of Massachusetts in Boston. Listen
Nigerian city
We’re heading for the streets of an African mega-city.
People there refer to the perennial traffic jams as “go-slows.”
This is a chaotic city with a population of somewhere between 12 and 18 million people.
It’s in Nigeria, but it’s not Nigeria’s capital. That would be Abuja.
New Afrika Shrine
Finally today, Nigeria’s biggest city is a good place to be if you’re into music. The World’s Marco Werman is there to visit some of the city’s famous music venues. Which means he’s perfectly placed to give us the answer to our Geo Quiz today.
You are listening to a concert at the famous New Afrika Shrine in the large subcity of Ikeja in Lagos, Nigeria. I actually went back to the shrine on Saturday night for a concert by Fela’s youngest son, Seun, performing with his father’s band, the Egypt 80. We can hear what that sounds like if you want, this is an excerpt of a song that Seun wrote called Na Oil. Listen to the intro, and you’ll hear the political content and how Seun doesn’t fall far at all from the tree that was his father.
Basically, Seun’s song is bemoaning how oil production in Nigeria benefits few of the millions of people here…corruption is rampant. Things his father used to sing about, although the oil issues have become more acute.
The shrine not very crowded, the audience is even falling asleep. Most of the music is either r&b, hip hop or religious, evangelical themed stuff and it’s hard to imagine why the millions of poor in Lagos don’t want
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