Nigeria's Political Crisis Continues

Nigeria's President Umaru Yar'adua attends a Muslim prayer session in Abuja, Nigeria on September 29, 2009. Afolabi Sotunde/Reuters/File

Is Nigerian President Yar'Adua Dead? His Absence May Spark Political Crisis -- Christian Science Monitor

Rumors that Nigerian President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, hospitalized for six weeks in Saudi Arabia, has gone into a coma have put the West African nation on edge.

Rumors that Nigerian President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, hospitalized for six weeks in Saudi Arabia, is in a coma have put Africa's most populous nation on the path to political crisis.

Newspapers on Sunday published unattrributed reports that Mr. Yar’Adua had gone into a coma during ongoing medical treatment at King Fahd Hospital in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Government officials and spokesmen contacted say they are unsure of the president’s condition.

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More News On Nigeria's Political Crisis

Nigeria president's health is improving-spokesman -- Reuters
Nigeria's political elite discusses 'missing' president -- AFP
Nigerian MPs to meet over Yar’Adua absence -- Daily Nation
Nigerian Group to Protest President’s Absence, Power Vacuum -- Bloomberg
Nigeria in crisis after president left 'seriously brain-damaged' -- the Telegraph
President's health a heavy topic for Nigeria -- IOL

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