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Reporting Nigeria's Elections

Pidgin and Nigeria's elections, a wartime Hanoi childhood, Gujarat鈥檚 Women's Friend radio, Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov, Baghdad鈥檚 Rasheed Street in ruins. With David Amanor.

Why are Nigerian politicians so keen to speak in Pidgin during election time? 91热爆 Pidgin editor Adejuwon Soyinka is our guide to the language, campaign tactics and eye-watering cost of Nigeria's 2019 elections.

My Hanoi childhood in four pictures
A new collection of black and white photographs of Hanoi taken soon after the Vietnam War has transported Ha Mi of 91热爆 Vietnamese back to her childhood. Hanoi After The War is by John Ramsden.

Women's Friend radio
Saiyar Re Jo is a community radio run by and for women in the Kutch region of Gujarat. Roxy Gagdekar of 91热爆 Gujarati went to meet them.

Chechnya's Ramzan Kadyrov in his own words
91热爆 Russian has been studying the speeches of Chechnya鈥檚 strongman leader, Ramzan Kadyrov. They discovered two different characters depending on which language he speaks, Russian or Chechen. Olga Ivshina considers the two.

Rasheed Street remembered
Rasheed Street in Iraq's capital Baghdad used to be the heart of city, with designer stores, theatres and cafes. Today it鈥檚 filled with rubbish, cheap stalls and warehouses. 91热爆 Arabic鈥檚 Haddad Salih charts its rise and fall.

Image: People waiting vote in Ede, Nigeria
Credit: PIUS UTOMI EKPEI/Getty Images

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