Recovered from FSRN’s earlier site via the Internet Archive Wayback Machine. Originally published October 31, 2012.
People around the world are watching the US presidential race closely in the final days before voting. And that’s the case in Africa, even though the continent received little mention when President Barack Obama and his Republican challenger Mitt Romney debated foreign policy in their final confrontation. In Nigeria, Africa’s leading oil exporter, some people are looking at both candidates for signs of US foreign policy towards Africa. They say the US has strategic economic and security interests there and the candidates positions could affect millions of residents. FSRN’s Sam Olukoya reports from Lagos.
Topics: Elections 2012
