Australian entrepreneur Stephenie Rodriguez contracted the disease in Nigeria. After a long recovery, she is speaking out about her experience and calling for more funds to eradicate this disease, which kills 600,000 people every year
Model Chidimma Adetshina, who is of Nigerian and Mozambican origin, dropped out of the beauty competition after being caught up in a media storm that experts say highlights the hatred towards Black foreigners
Nigerian Oluwatosin Ajibade is an afrobeats star who has toured with J Balvin, made tracks with Bad Bunny and Beyoncé and travels the world to discover new musical talent. His dream is a more just music industry in which African labels get a larger share of the profits
This week 287 grade school students were kidnapped by gunmen in northwestern Nigeria, where relentless violence by insurgent Islamic militant organizations and by bandit groups with no particular ideology have crumbled communities and killed thousands of people
The Elephants defeated Nigeria 2-1 in Sunday’s final to claim the country’s third title after wins in 1992 and 2015. It set off unbridled celebrations that lasted through the night
Human rights activists denounce mass arrests of people accused of homosexuality and extortion by security forces. Same-sex relationships are sentenced to up to 14 years in prison in the African country
A dozen genetic-editing projects for crops in Africa are achieving incredible results. For more than 20 years, European countries have been repressing this technology, due to pressure from certain environmental groups
It was the latest of such mass killing this year blamed on the country’s farmer-herder crisis. Plateau Gov. Caleb Mutfwang said on Tuesday that 17 communities were targeted in “senseless and unprovoked” attacks on Saturday and Sunday
The hit on world grain supplies from Russia’s war in Ukraine compounds the ills of African conflicts, climate change and the aftereffects of the Covid-19 pandemic
The reductions have not made lasting changes to oil prices because of concerns about oversupply in a weakening global economy
The risk to vessels is the main hurdle for the new shipping corridor. Russia warned this summer that ships heading to Ukraine’s Black Sea ports would be assumed to be carrying weapons
The country plans to immunize 7.7 million girls and adolescents against this pathogen, which causes the majority of cases of cervical cancer. About 8,000 Nigerians died from this cause in 2020, as cases are detected when they are advanced
‘The Black Book’ has taken the streaming world by storm, spending three weeks among the platform’s top 10 English-language titles globally, peaking at No. 3 in the second week
Climate challenges are at the root of problems faced by conflict-ridden countries in Africa’s Sahel region. The lending institutions are not taking the vulnerabilities of poor countries enough into account in their funding decisions, experts say
Six out of 10 doctors in the African country plan to emigrate. The government wants to retain them for up to five years by law
A study by Doctors Without Borders and others warns of the proliferation of complications suffered by women following a terminated pregnancy in conflict-affected regions
The continent has witnessed 10 uprisings by the armed forces in four years and promises of transition periods to make way for civilian governments are not being honored
They caught Hollywood’s attention with their futuristic short films before evolving towards a more social cinema where they show the drama of displaced populations and denounce the colonial plunder of African art
Some 3.8 million people settle each year on the banks of the Niger River to catch and sell fish. Living in precarious conditions, they are especially hard hit by the increasingly frequent storms and floods
Ousted President Mohamed Bazoum had implemented measures to combat terrorism but violence has spiked in the weeks since the July 24 military takeover
The Economic Community of West African States has set a D-Day for its armed action but has not disclosed the date
The fragility of the region’s states — some ruled to military juntas or immersed in civil wars — jihadism and disputes over natural resources have exacerbated instability
If there is no military intervention and sanctions are not applied, the coup leaders will understand that they have a free hand
The United States and the European Union have suspended funding programs in the African country after the military uprising and borders have been closed
In Niger’s capital, thousands of people at a stadium rally have cheered the coup leaders and a chicken decorated in the colors of former colonizer France was publicly beheaded
This would be the first time in years that the regional bloc known as ECOWAS would try to forcefully put down a coup
The new African Space Agency aims to defend the interests of the continent and promote the deployment of satellites applied to the climate crisis, security and telecommunications
