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Illegal Child Marriages Flourish In Nepal, Stealing Youths’ Futures
Kopila Wosti was just 14 when her father married her off to a stranger who was five years older. A year later, she gave...
Rival Boko Haram Groups Clash In NE Nigeria
In-fighting has broken out in Boko Haram after the Islamic State group announced a new leader of its Nigerian...
Nigerian Economy In Recession With ‘record’ Low Foreign Investment
Abuja (AFP) - Nigeria's economy nosedived into a recession, official data showed Wednesday, with oil production...
Three-Year African Elephant Census Reveals Dramatic Decline
Nairobi (AFP) - The results of a three-year aerial survey of Africa's elephants published Thursday revealed a dramatic...
Number of People In Need of Food Assistance Grows In North-Eastern Nigeria
The number of people in need of food assistance in north-eastern Nigeria has risen to 4.5 million, nearly twice as many...
Niger Delta Avengers Spawn Copycats In Nigeria’s Oil Heartland
Warri (Nigeria) (AFP) - When the Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) rebel group announced this week it had called a ceasefire...
4 Chad Troops Killed By ‘Boko Haram Mine’
N'Djamena (AFP) - Four Chadian soldiers have been killed after a mine planted by Boko Haram Islamists destroyed their...
NIgeria’s Buhari Says Boko Haram Leader ‘wounded’
Abuja (AFP) - Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari said Sunday that Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau is "wounded", in...
Nigeria Braces For Likely Recession
Lagos (AFP) - After two bruising quarters marked by attacks on oil pipelines in the Niger delta and ballooning...
African Govts Must Priortize Sanitation
Africa is a continent of astonishing potential. But if it is to build the future its citizens deserve, there is a need...
Why John Kerry Paid A Visit To the Sultan of Sokoto In Nigeria
When a top-ranking American diplomat visits Nigeria, one might imagine that their first destination would be the...
Nigeria’s Not Yet Ready to Make ‘A Devil’s Bargain’
Nigeria announced on Monday it resumed payments to former militants in its oil-rich Niger Delta region, according to a...
Nigerian U17 Team Wiped out as 26 Players Fail Age Test
Nigerian football is in a state of shock after an astonishing 26 players failed age tests carried out ahead of an...
NPP Haunted by Guilty Conscience – Anyidoho
The NDC has rebuffed claims by the main opposition party, NPP at its news conference on the controversy about the...
Confirmed – Bird Flu Outbreak Hits Niger
Niger has reported an outbreak of the highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu virus among poultry. The disease, which continues...
Niger Delta Avengers Threatens Nigerian President
President Muhammadu Buhari has cancelled his visit to Ogoni land in Rivers state. The president was scheduled to travel...
Malian ‘Terrorist’ Confirms Planned Terror Attack in Ghana
Ghana’s national security sources have confirmed that a possible terrorist attack on the country is real, following...
Terror Group, Boko Haram Declares War on Buhari, Says He’s an Infidel
The Boko Haram sect threatened Buhari in a new video released some hours ago, where the leader of the terrorist group...
27 Killed, 150 Injured after Al-Qaeda Attack in Burkina Faso
The overnight seizure of a luxury hotel in Burkina Faso's capital by al-Qaida-linked extremists ended Saturday when...