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1 | Nigeria 2011: A Year of Small Victories and Great Challenges | Nizeria2011: Taonan'ireo Fandresena Bitika Sy Ireo Sedra Goavana |
2 | This post is part of our special coverage Nigeria Elections 2011. | Ampahany amin'ny fandrakofanay manokana ny Fifidianana tao Nizeria 2011 ity lahatsoratra ity. |
3 | 2011 will go down in Nigeria's history as the year of the nation's third presidential election since independence. | Voarakitra anatin'ny tantaran'i Nizeria ny taona 2011 amin'ny maha-taonan'ny fifidianana izay ho filoham-pirenena fahatelon'io fanjakana io izany taona izany taorian'ny nahazoany ny fahaleovantena. |
4 | For the first half of the year, the blogosphere was abuzz with discussion of the election: protests, campaigns, debates, the role of technology, preparations for the polls, election day itself. | Ho an'ny tapany voalohan'ny taona, hipoky ny resadresaka momba ny fifidianana ny tontolon'ny bilaogy: hetsi-panoherana, fampielezan-kevitra, fifanakalozan-kevitra, ny anjara toeran'ny teknolojia, fanomanana ireo fandatsaham-bato, ary ny andron'ny fifidianana. |
5 | In the wake of the election, violence erupted in Northern Nigeria, marring hopes for a new era. | Taorian'ny fifidianana, nipoitra ny herisetra tany avaratr'i Nizeria, nampihena ny fanantenana amin'ny hisiana vanim-potoana vaovao. |
6 | Despite small victories in the political and cultural landscapes, the latter part of the year was overshadowed by sectarian violence in the northern part of the country. | Na eo aza ireo fandresena vitsy tanatin'ireo sehatra politika sy ara-kolontsaina, nomalohan'ny herisetra ara-pinoana ny ampahany faharoan'izany taona izany tany amin'ny faritra avaratry ny firenena. |
7 | A historic election | Fifidianana voarakitra anaty tantara |
8 | Nigeria has a tradition of rotating the presidency between candidates from the Muslim-majority North and Christian-majority South. | Manana fomba nentin-drazana i Nizeria amin'ny fanodinana ny fitondrana eo amin'ireo mpirotsaka avy ao amin'ny Silamo maro an'isa any Avaratra sy ny Kristiana maro an'isa any Atsimo. |
9 | This arrangement was upset when former President Umaru Yar'Adua died in office in 2010, leaving his second-in-command, southerner Goodluck Jonathan to fill the position. | Nikorontana izany fandaminana izany rehefa maty nandritra ny fe-potoana niasàny ny Filoha teo aloha Umaru Yar'Adua tamin'ny 2010, nametraka ny fitondrana teo ambany fahefan'ny lefiny, ilay teratany avy any Atsimo Goodluck Jonathan. |
10 | Jonathan's subsequent presidential run in 2011 angered many northerners, who felt the north had been cheated out its turn in power. | Nahatezitra ireo teratany maro avy any avaratra ny firotsahan'i Jonathan ho fidiana tamin'ny 2011, izay nahatsapa fa notsoahana teo am-pela-tànan'ny avaratra anjara fahefany. |
11 | A broad-based national movement, Reclaim Naija, used Ushahidi-based platform to monitor elections. | Hetsika manerana ny firenena, Reclaim Naija, nampiasa ny sehatry ny Ushahidi mba hanaraha-maso ireo fifidianana. |
12 | Image source: Reclaim Naina website. | Loharanon'ny sary: vohikalan'ny Reclaim Naija. |
13 | The election was widely hailed as being “free and fair” despite some minor irregularities and fraud. | Noharabain'ny maro ho “malalaka sy tsy mitanila” io fifidianana io na dia teo aza ireo tsy fetezana sy ny hosoka kely sasantsasany. |
14 | Nigerians celebrated this unprecedented success across the country and the diaspora. | Nankalaza ity fahombiazana tsy nanam-paharoa ity ireo Nizeriana manerana ny firenena sy ireo zanaka am-pielezana. |
15 | Kunle Durojaiye summed up the general sentiment: | Mamintina izany fihetseham-po ankapobeny izany i Kunle Durojaiye: |
16 | One cannot deny that there is a sense of a wind of change. | Tsy afaka lavina ny fisiana rivo-piovàna. |
17 | People voted, and waited behind to witness the counting and collation of votes; media stations ran a live coverage of the elections while it lasted, and very importantly, young people influenced the exercise with the flood of information available via twitter, facebook and blackberry messaging. | Nifidy ny vahoaka, ary niandry tao aoriana mba ho vavolombelon'ny fanisana sy ny fametahana ireo vato; nanao fandrakofana mivantana io fifidianan io ireo foibem-pampahalalam-baovao raha vao nifarana izany, ary ny tena goavana, nànana ny lazany ihany koa ny tanora tanatin'io raharaha io tamin'ny fameloman'izy ireo ny fampahalalam-baovao mitafotafo avy amin'ny alàlan'ny fandefasana hafatra tamin'ny twitter, facebook sy ny blackberry. |
18 | Without mincing words, change is inevitable, but one just wonders if the stage is truly set. | Tsy ilàko mamadika lela im-pito ny milaza fa tsy azo iodivirana ny fiovàna, nefa ny zavatra iray mampieritreritra ny tsirairay dia ny hoe efa manomboka tokoa ve io dingana io. |
19 | Sectarian violence | Herisetra ara-pinoana |
20 | However the success of the election appeared a small victory in light of the violence that followed. | Na izany aza, niseho ho fandresena kely manoloana ny herisetra izay nanaraka an'io ny fahombiazan'ilay fifidianana. |
21 | North-South tensions regarding the election came on top of an already charged situation in Northern Nigeria, where violent attacks and bombings have gained momentum since police forces clashed with Islamist sect Boko Haram in 2009. | Nanampy ny raharaha efa mavesatra any Nizeria Avaratra ireo ady misy eo amin'ny Avaratra sy Atsimo, izay nitombo be ny fanafihana maherisetra sy ny fanapoahana baomba hatramin'ny nifandonan'ireo mpitandro filaminana sy ny antokom-pinoana Islamista Boko Haram tamin'ny 2009. |
22 | Soon after Jonathan's victory, violence again erupted in the North, with a series of bombings in Abuja and elsewhere claimed by Boko Haram. | Tsy ela taorian'ny fandresen'i Jonathan, nipoaka indray ny herisetra tany Avaratra, miaraka amin'ireo fipoahana mitohitohy tany Abuja sy any an-koatra nataon'ny Boko Haram. |
23 | As the year wore on, the intensity of the violence increased, leaving hundreds dead and forcing thousands to leave their homes. | Nitombo niaraka tamin'ny taona ny herisetra , namela maty an-jatony sy nanery an'arivony handao ny fonenany. |
24 | @jongambrellAP described the situation: | Manoritsoritra ny zava-misy i @jongambrellAP: |
25 | @jongambrellAP: Things remain incredibly tense in rural Kaduna state as townspeople around here flee with their belongings. | @jongambrellAP: Mbola mijanona ho mafana foana ny toe-javatra any amin'ny fanjakana ambanivohitr'i Kaduna satria mandositra miaraka amin'ny fananany ireo mponina an-tanan-dehibe eny amin'ny manodidina. |
26 | #nigeriadecides | #nigeriadecides |
27 | Small victories | Fandresena bitika |
28 | In spite of the violence, the latter part of the year also brought positive developments. | Na eo aza ny herisetra, nitondra fivoarana tsara ihany koa iny tapany faharoan'ny taona iny. |
29 | Many Nigerians were excited about the appointment of Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, former managing director of the World Bank, as Nigeria's new finance minister. | Nizeriana maro no nihotakotaka momba ny fahalanian'i Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, tale mpiandraikitra ny Banky Iraisam-pirenena teo aloha, ho minisitry ny vola vaovao any Nizeria. |
30 | In a post titled, Nigeria: Adrift, Awaiting the Arrival of a Woman, Nwachukwu Egbunike sampled responses to Okonjo-Iweala's appointment, including this one from Nmachi Jidenma: | Anatina lahatsoratra mitondra ny lohateny hoe, Nigeria: Adrift, Awaiting the Arrival of a Woman, nanangona ireo fihetseham-po tamin'ny fahalanian'i Okonjo-Iweala i Nwachukwu Egbunike, anisan'izany ity iray ity avy amin'i Nmachi Jidenma: |
31 | For corrupt and undisciplined government officials: ‘wahala dey'. | Ho an'ireo mpiasan'ny governemanta voatsindry vola sy tsy manara-dalana: ‘wahala dey'. |
32 | It looks like ‘the trouble woman' is back in town! | Tahaka ny hoe miverina an-tanàna indray ilay ‘vehivavy mpanary lamba'! |
33 | This is of course good news for Nigerians and most of us would be happy to have her back. | Ity dia mazava ho azy fa vaovao tsara ho an'ireo Nizeriana ary maro amintsika no mety ho faly amin'ny fiverenany. |
34 | Omoyele Sowore, the publisher of SaharaReporters. | Omoyele Sowore, mpamoaka ao amin'ny SaharaReporters. |
35 | Photo credit: chatafrikarticles. | Tompon'ny sary: chatafrikarticles. |
36 | In another post, Egbunike pointed to Sahara Reporters, dubbed “Nigeria's Wikileaks”, as a bastion of free expression in a troubled landscape for press freedom. | Anatina lahatsoratra iray hafa, nanondro ny Sahara Reporters, antsoina hoe “Wikileaks-n'i Nizeria”, ho ivon'ny fahalalahana miteny anatinà tontolo mikorontana ho an'ny fahalalahan'ny fanaovan-gazety i Egbunike . |
37 | The 419 Positive Project collected developments like these and challenged people to say something positive about Nigeria in hopes of changing the country's negative image. | Nanangona fandalinana tahaka itony ny Tetikasa 419 Positive ary nisedra ny olona mba hiteny zavatra tsara momba an'i Nizeria amin'ny fanantenana ny hanovàna ny endrika ratsin'ny firenena. |
38 | @gbengasesan wrote of the project: | Nanoratra tao amin'io tetikasa io i @gbengasesan: |
39 | I have travelled across Nigeria, and met Nigerians around the world and I have noticed a kind of ‘Nigerian energy' about them - the ability to get things done under unbelievable circumstances. | Nandeha namakivaky an'i Nizeria aho, nihaona tamin'ireo Nizeriana manerana izao tontolo izao ary nanamarika karazana ‘Hery Nizeriana' momba azy ireo aho - ny fahaizana mamita zavatra eo ambany toe-draharaha tsy mampino. |
40 | It may be related to the challenges they have had to endure, but no one can deny the fact that when a Nigerian sets their mind on a goal, little can discourage them. | Mety misy ifandraisany amin'ny olana nosedrain'izy ireo izany, nefa tsy misy afaka mandà fa rehefa milofo aminà tanjona iray ny Nizeriana iray, kely ny zavatra mahasakana azy ireo tsy hanao izany. Ampahany amin'ny fandrakofanay manokana ny Fifidianana any Nizeria 2011 ity lahatsoratra ity. |