The Nigerian government yesterday announced plans to hold an election next February. But some opponents of the regime are resisting military-led plans for change. Amy Goodman is on assignment in Nigeria, where she talks with us about the upcoming elections as well as her trip to Ogoniland, where she met the family of executed environmentalist Ken Sarowiwa.
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The United States has formally confirmed for the first time that it killed four American citizens in Yemen and Pakistan, “outside of areas of active hostilities." Watch Democracy Now! Thursday when we get reaction from Jeremy Scahill, author of "Dirty Wars: The World is a Battlefield."
