Help them, Obi: one hopeful candidate in Nigeria
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The Economist
4.3 • 5K Ratings
🗓️ 11 October 2022
⏱️ 29 minutes
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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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| 0:59.0 | Hello and welcome to the intelligence from The Economist. |
| 1:02.3 | In London, I'm Jason Palmer. |
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| 1:06.9 | Every weekday, we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world. |
| 1:13.1 | The military hunter that seized control of Myanmar last year are not just thuggish and repressive. |
| 1:19.4 | They're also economically illiterate. A decade of economic gains have been reversed, |
| 1:24.1 | and things look unlikely to improve under their leadership. |
| 1:28.7 | And for years, Christian communities that lived behind the Iron Curtain wondered if those |
| 1:34.1 | on the other side had forgotten them. |
| 1:36.5 | Our obituaries editor reflects on the mission of Brother Andrew, whose brave deliveries were |
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