February 5, 2010, 9:23 am
By Dr. John Stremlau
The Carter Center has deep roots in Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country and one plagued by poisonous politics. Jimmy Carter’s 1978 visit was the first time a U.S. president visited an African state. The Carter Center has worked there since 1988 to eradicate or control neglected diseases like Guinea worm and river blindness. In 1999, the Center observed the presidential …
June 7, 2009, 5:00 pm
By Deborah Hakes
Deborah Hakes is assistant director of public information for The Carter Center.
The long lines surprised all of us. They wound down stairs and through the hallways of elementary schools, municipal buildings, and other polling sites where we visited. It made walking from polling station to polling station a very crowded affair.
The voters seemed in good spirits though, often …
