NewsTracker Answers for week of Oct. 26, 2020

Q: Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari says at least 69 people have been killed in protests against police brutality that have rocked the country. The deaths were mainly civilians but include police officers and soldiers. Where is Nigeria?

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Q: Tens of thousands of Nigerians – mostly young people – have been demonstrating for weeks against a notoriously brutal and corrupt police agency, and soldiers opened fire on demonstrators last week in the nation’s largest city. What percentage of Nigeria’s population is under 25 years old?

A. 30%

B. 40%

C. 50%

D. 60%

D. More than 60 percent of Nigeria’s people are under 25. Nearly 90 million people are 14 years of age and under and another 43 million are 15-24 years old. Nigerians are protesting against the Special Anti-Robbery Squad which they say has turned from a crime-fighting unit into a corrupt criminal enterprise.

Q: What is Nigeria’s most populous city – the center of most of the protests?

A. Abuja

B. Cairo

C. Lagos

D. Nairobi

C. With a population of 13.4 million people, Lagos is the most populous city in Nigeria and all of Africa. Abuja is Nigeria’s capital. Cairo is the capital and largest city in Egypt, and Nairobi is the capital and largest city in Kenya. Last week soldiers reportedly opened fire on protesters in Lagos and killed 12.

Q: Nigeria is a major African nation and considered an epicenter of the continent’s economic, political and cultural trends. But it does NOT have Africa’s biggest . . .

A. Area

B. Economy

C. Oil industry

D. Population

A. Nigeria is Africa’s biggest oil producer and has the continent’s largest economy. With 214 million people, it is the sixth most populous nation in the world and most populous country in Africa. But, with an area of 356,669 square miles it ranks 14th in size in Africa, far behind the 919,595 square miles of Algeria, the largest nation.

Q: In Cameroon, Nigeria’s eastern neighbor, seven people were killed last week when gunmen attacked as school. The attack was blamed on separatists fighting over what?

A. Land

B. Language

C. Oil

D. Religion

B. Some English-speaking rebels in Cameroon are demanding independence over perceived marginalization by the dominant French-speaking majority. France and Britain colonized most of West Africa which was the center of the Atlantic slave trade during the 15th to 19th centuries.