Jonas Claes on Liberia and Kenya's Elections

October 13, 2017 00:08:52
Jonas Claes on Liberia and Kenya's Elections
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Jonas Claes on Liberia and Kenya's Elections

Oct 13 2017 | 00:08:52

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Show Notes

Jonas Claes joins us to talk about Liberia’s election and the significance of the country's first peaceful transfer of power since 1944. Claes also lays out the challenges for the Kenyan election taking place in October following the country’s Supreme Court nullification of the earlier September election.

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