Hello everyone and welcome to Ammanpur. Here's what's coming up.

I do believe that with good leadership, yes absolutely things can change.

Nigerian youth registering in Yes, absolutely things can change.

Nigerian youth registering in droves for upcoming elections.

Could this be the change they need?

An inside look with novelist and free speech crusader Chimamanda Engozzi Adiche.

Then, I consider the Aacani network, meaning headquartered with the

Aacani family to be the most effective most powerful jihadist group in the world.

From favored guest of the Afghan Mujah Hedin to prisoner of the Taliban.

American journalist Jerry Van Dyke traces the roots of Afghanistan's extremist leaders.

And weaving the fabric of America, a documentary film looks at the immigrants, refugees, and locals who make the country's flags. Welcome to the program everyone. I'm Christina Wancour in London.

At a time when global democracy is under pressure,

this month's elections in Nigeria could prove to be critical.

Africa and its largest economy are at a turning point.

The Nigerian population is growing and it's growing younger,

so the results there could have a major impact globally.

Two candidates, Bola Tinubu and Atiku Abubakar, have the support of

the leading parties with all the advantages that offers, but with inflation and unemployment surging and poverty that harnessed voters frustration and galvanized that youth vote to take down the ruling

parties in Nigeria as in many nations fake news conspiracies and attacks on

democracy are rife so free speech is critical and few people do

more to protect that around the world than Chimamanda and Gozi Adiche, the brilliant

Nigerian storyteller and thought leader.

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