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Nigeria: Are more young people now in elective office?
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The last elections in Nigeria featured candidates under 40 years old for the first time, after a campaign by young people that lead to the amendment of the constitution to lower the age limit for those seeking presidential and parliamentary offices.
South Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa has signed into law a carbon tax aiming to cut the emissions of Africa's worst polluting nation.
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