Atiku leads street protest against Nigerian poll body

The leader of Nigeria's main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar who came second in the presidential election, leads a march to the Electoral Commission headquarters in the capital, Abuja, to protest against the conduct of the just-concluded elections.

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And Burkinabè director Apolline Traoré, whose feature Sira picked up the second-place award in the fiction category at Fespaco, tells us about the challenges of making a film about the scourge of jihadism in her country.

Photo: Nigeria's Peoples Democratic Party presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar (C) leads supporters to protest at Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) headquarters in Abuja. Credit: AFP/Getty.