Nigeria: New leader tours the continent

Nigeria’s President-elect, Umaru Musa Yar’ adua, began his maiden tour in Africa on Monday. He had already toured Togo, Benin and Niger. The tour, the first since his controversial election win last month, is meant to enable the new leader to strengthen bilateral relations with other African states. Observers and opposition candidates cited several cases of election fraud, violence, stealing, and other malpractices in the polls.