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Anställda vittnar: Arbetade med israeliska hackare

Cambridge Analytica och moderbolaget Strategic Communications Laboratories (SCL) hanterade hackade uppgifter när de arbetade med valen i Nigeria och Saint Kitts och Nevis 2015. Det uppger tidigare anställda för The Guardian.

Under valet i Nigeria ska en anhängare till den dåvarande presidenten Goodluck Jonathan ha anlitat företaget för att motarbeta oppositionsledaren Muhammadu Buhari.

Företaget tog bland annat fram en skrämmande kampanjvideo där man antydde att Buhari skulle införa sharialagar och tvinga alla kvinnor att bära slöja. Men deras arbete tycks inte ha slutat där: Enligt sju olika vittnen ska man även ha arbetat med israeliska hackare som kom över privata mejl och annan information om Buharis ekonomi och hälsa till företaget.

Cambridge Analytica förnekar att de använt stulen information i sitt arbete med valen. Det finns inga uppgifter om att Goodluck Jonathan eller Saint Kitts och Nevis dåvarande premiärminister Denzil Douglas – som båda förlorade valen – ska ha känt till det hela.

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Valet i Saint Kitts och Nevis 2015
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General elections were held in Saint Kitts and Nevis on 16 February 2015. The ruling Saint Kitts and Nevis Labour Party, led by Prime Minister Denzil Douglas, was defeated by Team Unity, an alliance of the Concerned Citizens' Movement, the People's Action Movement, and the People's Labour Party, led by Timothy Harris.
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Valet i Nigeria 2015
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General elections were held in Nigeria on 28 and 29 March 2015, the fifth quadrennial election to be held since the end of military rule in 1999. Voters elected the President and members to the House of Representatives and the Senate. The incumbent president, Goodluck Jonathan sought his second and final term. The elections were first scheduled to be held on 14 February 2015. However, the electoral commission postponed it by six weeks to 28 March, mainly due to the poor distribution of Permanent Voter Cards, and also to curb ongoing Boko Haram insurgency in certain north-eastern states. The government closed its land and sea borders from midnight on 25 March until the end of the polling date. The election was extended to 29 March due to delays and technical problems with the biometric card readers. It was the most expensive election ever to be held on the African continent. Nigeria is the continent's most populous country, has its largest economy and is its leading oil producer. Opposition candidate Muhammadu Buhari won the presidential election by more than 2.5 million votes. Incumbent President Goodluck Jonathan conceded defeat on 31 March, before the results from all 36 states had been announced. The election marks the first time an incumbent president has lost re-election in Nigeria. The President-elect was sworn-in on 29 May 2015.
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