Telling the stories of girls Boko Haram tried to turn into suicide bombers meant going to great lengths to hide their identities.

Many in the country are asking themselves how, after the national trauma of election violence 10 years ago, they have ended up yet again in a muddled election.

A finding gave weight to theories of skulduggery tied to the 1961 crash of the plane carrying the United Nations chief Dag Hammarskjold.

The African country has been locked in a political crisis since its presidential election was nullified. A vote is set for Thursday — its second in three months — and the nation is uneasy.