A week after floods flattened over 250 houses and killed at least 200 people in north-central Nigeria, aid is only just beginning to reach survivors of the disaster. The town…
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Suspected Boko Haram gunmen kill 13 farmers in Nigeria
Suspected Boko Haram gunmen have killed 13 farmers in central Nigeria, United Nations and security sources told AFP on Thursday. The attack in Niger state shows the growing reach of…
Nigeria lawmaker’s plan for mass wedding of orphans sparks uproar
A Nigerian state lawmaker’s plan to sponsor the marriage of 100 brides orphaned by violence has sparked a row over religious and cultural norms and calls for the courts to…