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    An image from the book <em>Bring Back Our Girls. </em>The families of these missing girls sent photos of them to photographer Glenna Gordon.
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    What The Kidnapped Nigerian Schoolgirls Have To Tell Us

    Mar 03, 2021
    Seven years after the kidnapping of 276 Nigerian schoolgirls, a new book shares insights into their survival strategies — and looks at the mixed blessing of the 'Bring Back Our Girls" campaign.
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    Africa
    A man stands in the deserted school dormitory after gunmen invaded and took away more than 270 girls in Jangebe in northwest Nigeria, on Feb. 26. The girls have all since been returned.
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    Nigerian Schoolgirls Released After Armed Kidnapping

    Mar 02, 2021
    The kidnapping of the 279 girls from their school last Friday is the latest in a string of similar incidents.
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    Africa
    Abducted students of Government Science College Kagara sit in the state conference hall after being freed in Minna, Niger state, Nigeria, on Saturday.
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    Dozens Of Kidnapped Nigerian Students Freed; Hundreds Of Others Still Missing

    Feb 27, 2021
    The students, who were taken from a school more than a week ago, say they were beaten by the kidnappers. Police are still looking for hundreds of schoolgirls kidnapped Friday.
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    Africa
    School uniforms hang in the deserted dormitory of the Government Girls Science Secondary School at Jangede, Zamfara State in northwest Nigeria, where more than 300 students were kidnapped by gunmen in the early hours of Feb. 26.
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    Nigerian Authorities Searching For 317 Schoolgirls Kidnapped By 'Armed Bandits'

    Feb 26, 2021
    Police in the northwestern state of Zamfara said efforts are underway to trace the unidentified kidnappers and rescue the abducted students, who may have been moved to neighboring forests.
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    Africa
    Emergency personnel work at the scene a Nigerian military aircraft crash near Abuja, Nigeria, on Sunday. All seven people on board were killed.
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    7 Dead In Nigerian Air Force Crash After Reported Engine Failure

    Feb 21, 2021
    An investigation is underway to determine what caused a small Nigerian air force passenger plane to crash near the nation's capital on Sunday, killing all seven people on board.
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    Africa
    Nigerian government officials say that more than 300 schoolboys, who had been abducted in an attack claimed by Boko Haram, have been freed.
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    'A Huge Relief': 344 Schoolboys Released After Abduction In Nigeria

    Dec 18, 2020
    Last week's attack, claimed by Boko Haram, recalled the Islamist group's abduction of 276 girls in 2014. Unlike that attack, though, this fraught chapter ended relatively quickly, and with happy news.
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    Goats and Soda
    Dr. Chizoba Barbara Wonodi is director of Johns Hopkins University's International Vaccine Access Center for Nigeria.
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    Is Mass Vaccination The Best Strategy For All Countries? A Doctor's Surprising View

    Dec 14, 2020
    Dr. Chizoba Barbara Wonodi of Johns Hopkins University explains why a strategy to vaccinate everyone may not be the best approach to fighting the virus in lower-income countries such as Nigeria.
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    Africa
    People attend a funeral for those killed by suspected Boko Haram militants in Zabarmari, Nigeria on Sunday. Officials say armed men on motorcycles reportedly killed at least 70 rice farmers and fishermen while they were harvesting crops in northern Borno
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    Scores Killed In Massacre Of Farmers In Nigeria

    Nov 29, 2020
    Residents say scores of agricultural workers were slaughtered in Borno state on Saturday. Boko Haram is active in the area.
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    World
    The Department of Defense said on Saturday that U.S. forces had rescued an American held in Northern Nigeria in an early morning operation. The American had been taken captive in Niger earlier this week.
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    U.S. Special Operations Forces Rescue American Hostage In Nigeria

    Oct 31, 2020
    President Trump celebrated the mission at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday, saying "we got our young man back."
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    Africa
    Protesters chant and sing solidarity songs as they barricade barricade the Lagos-Ibadan expressway on Wednesday to protest against police brutality and the killing of protesters by the military, at Magboro, Ogun State, Nigeria.
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    'Hope Is Lost' As Police Open Fire On Pro-Reform Protesters In Lagos, Nigeria

    Oct 21, 2020
    The protests began about two weeks ago demanding an end to police brutality. Now, as one activist said, "it has become so many things for so many Nigerians." The government declared a 24-hour curfew.
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    Goats and Soda
    Wait until you see their victory dance (check out the tweet at the end of this post). Evelyn Nomayo (left) was the mentor for the team that created the award-winning Memory Haven app: (left to right) Rachael Akano, Margarent Akano and Joy Njekwe.
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    Good News Story: Nigerian Irish Teen Girls Win Prize For Dementia App

    Oct 08, 2020
    They faced bias against women in science. They faced racism because their families come from Africa. And they triumphed in a competition to develop a problem-solving app!
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    Goats and Soda
    Olasupo Shashore, an author and historian and former attorney general in Lagos State, produced and narrated the new Netflix documentary series <em>Journey of an African Colony: The Making of Nigeria.</em> He's shown above in Lagos, Nigeria.
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    A Nigerian Finds Hard Truths — And Hope — In Netflix Series On Nigeria

    Oct 01, 2020
    Ifeanyi Nsofor reviews the documentary series, Journey Of An African Colony, which confronts a painful past — including involvement in the slave trade — and celebrates the nation's independence.
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    Goats and Soda
    Beyoncé puts a conversation about Africa on the front line with her visual album <em>Black Is King</em>, which premiered on Disney+.
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    Opinion: We Are Africans. Here's Our View Of Beyoncé's 'Black Is King'

    Aug 07, 2020
    Esther Ngumbi, a professor from Kenya, and Ifeanyi Nsofor, a doctor in Nigeria, react to the megastar's movie-length music video — and to criticism from other Africans.
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    Goats and Soda
    Antonio Cartagena, an accordion player in a mariachi group meets his bandmates on the street in Medelli­n, Colombia.
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    How 6 Problem-Solvers Tackled Pandemic Challenges In Their Neighborhoods

    Jul 12, 2020
    From a generous urban farmer to a roving mariachi band, people are using their talents to help others. Read their stories — then nominate a problem-solver in your community.
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    Coronavirus Live Updates
    People collect emergency rations of food and essential supplies from the Red Cross Society of Nigeria in Lagos State earlier this week.
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    Nigeria's President Eases COVID-19 Restrictions, Citing Economic Hardship

    Apr 28, 2020
    Muhammadu Buhari said stay-at-home orders imposed last month have come at a "very heavy economic cost," with many Nigerians left without enough money to eat.
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    Coronavirus Live Updates
    People get their temperatures taken at the border between Abuja and the Nasarawa State, Nigeria, on March 30. African countries are working to prepare for the rise in cases of COVID-19 as the coronavirus spreads on the continent.
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    10,000 Cases and 500 Deaths in Africa. Health Officials Say It's Just the Beginning

    Apr 08, 2020
    Millions of people in Africa are at high risk for COVID-19 and lack reliable access to doctors or medical equipment. Health officials are focusing on preventing the spread of the disease.
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    Music Interviews

    Obongjayar's Defiant Songs Of Self-Reliance

    Feb 09, 2020
    The London-based, Nigerian-born musician talks with NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro about his new album, "Which Way Is Forward?" which embraces his cultural heritage to tackle different aspects of power.
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    Goats and Soda
    An employee walks past a power plant's electricity pylons in Lagos, Nigeria. Power shortages are particularly a problem for Nigeria's booming tech industry, which accounts for nearly 14% of the country's GDP.
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    The Powerlessness Of Nigeria's Tech Startups

    Nov 24, 2019
    The big problem for these booming businesses isn't staff shortages, government regulations or software glitches. It's all about the electrical grid.
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    Goats and Soda
    BOB ❤ ABISHOLA is a love story about a middle-aged compression sock businessman from Detroit who is smitten with his cardiac nurse, a Nigerian immigrant.
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    CBS's 'Bob Hearts Abishola' Rings True To These Nigerian Viewers

    Oct 20, 2019
    The new sitcom is about a white, middle-aged Detroiter who falls head over heels for a Nigerian nurse. We asked a couple of Nigerian viewers what they think of the show.
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    Law
    Federal agents hold a detainee (second from left) at a downtown Los Angeles parking lot after predawn raids in the L.A. area on Thursday.
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    Feds Charge 80 People Over Massive Online Fraud Conspiracy

    Aug 23, 2019
    One of the victims is a Japanese woman who sent more than $200,000 to a person she thought was a U.S. service member in Syria, according to the federal complaint.
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    Africa
    Ashes smolder on the ground in the northeast Nigerian village of Budu on Sunday, after an attack this weekend by suspected Boko Haram fighters on a funeral procession left 60 people dead.
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    Suspected Boko Haram Attack On Nigerian Funeral Procession Kills At Least 60 People

    Jul 29, 2019
    The militant group has been waging an insurgency in Nigeria and surrounding countries for a decade, killing tens of thousands of people and displacing about 2.4 million others.
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    Book Reviews
    People attend a demonstration calling on the government to rescue the kidnapped girls of the government secondary school in Chibok, in Abuja, Nigeria on Oct. 14, 2014.
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    Girls Captured By Boko Haram Brought Into Focus In 'Beneath The Tamarind Tree'

    Jul 10, 2019
    Former CNN journalist Isha Sesay argues that the Nigerian government, the media, and the public have failed the 276 Chibok schoolgirls kidnapped by the terrorist group five years ago.
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    Goats and Soda
    The Jankara market in Lagos, Nigeria. A group called Market March Movement is working to end street harassment in shopping districts across the country.
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    'Stop Touching Us': Women Protest Against Harassment At Nigeria's Street Markets

    Apr 11, 2019
    In Lagos, street vendors say that they touch and grab their female customers to drum up sales. A group called Market March Movement has formed to protest against the street harassment.
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    Goats and Soda
    Sadiq Muhammed Kabir, 24, runs his own import-export business selling ginger root in Kaduna. He shared his "hustle" on Twitter.
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    Why #ThisIsMyHustle Is Trending In Nigeria

    Mar 21, 2019
    Across the country, young people are proudly sharing their side hustles and main gigs, from baking wedding cakes to growing ginger to laying tile.
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    Africa
    Search and rescue workers are trying to pull a girl out from under piles of concrete rubble after the collapse of a three-story building in Lagos Island, Nigeria, on Wednesday.
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    Dozens Of School Children Feared Dead In Nigerian Building Collapse

    Mar 13, 2019
    The three-story structure crumpled into a pile of concrete slabs Wednesday. About 100 nursery and primary school students are believed to have been inside. At least 37 people have been rescued.

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