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Nigeria: Protests, Fuel Subsidy Removal and the Role of Social Media

Categories: Sub-Saharan Africa, Nigeria, Citizen Media, Politics, Protest, Technology

Victoria discusses protests, fuel subsidy removal and the role of social media [1]in Nigeria: “Follow #occupynigeria for just a couple minutes and you'll see precisely what I'm talking about — in a highly mobile country of more than 150 million, tweets are coming in so fast at times its almost impossible to keep up with the conversation.”