Kings Battle for an Ancient Throne in Nigeria

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Two men claim to be the emir of Kano, an ancient king­dom in north­ern Nige­ria. Their strug­gle for pow­er and influ­ence is feed­ing into a wider com­pe­ti­tion ahead of the country’s next election.