Oct 27 Photos: Nigerian mothers face new nightmare in wake of Boko Haram By Danielle Villasana Boko Haram’s insurgency in northeastern Nigeria has claimed thousands of lives, but the millions of survivors must now contend with hunger. Continue reading
Oct 27 Column: With its currency woes, will Nigeria let market forces do their job? By Vikram Mansharamani Nigerian President Muhammudu Buhari has tried to control the currency market rather than allowing market forces to fully determine foreign exchange rates. But there are also signs of market liberalization. Continue reading
Oct 19 Surviving Boko Haram: Kidnapped girls tell their stories By Larisa Epatko Aisha (not her real name), 17, was living with her mother in Nigeria when Boko Haram took over the town. Continue reading
Oct 17 5 important stories that have nothing to do with Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton By Joshua Barajas But before you "unplug the internet and just look at cat GIFs," take a moment to catch up on these domestic and international stories that aren't receiving the same amount of air time or column inches as this election. Continue reading
Oct 13 Watch 5:38 Massive rates of malnutrition plague war-torn areas of Nigeria By PBS News Hour There's a larger and more far-reaching menace than Boko Haram in parts of Nigeria: Aid groups are warning of a coming famine. John Yang talks to Kevin Sieff of The Washington Post. Continue watching
Oct 13 Boko Haram releases 21 kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls. Some 197 are still missing By Harry Zahn The girls’ release was the result of negotiations between the Nigerian government and Boko Haram, brokered by the International Red Cross and the Swiss government, Nigeria said. Continue reading
Sep 30 Watch 10:34 Sex trafficking of African migrants in Europe is a ‘modern plague’ By PBS News Hour African women seeking a better life in Europe face a long, perilous, often fatal journey across the Mediterranean. But when they do arrive, they confront yet another threatening prospect: conscription into sex slavery. Eighty percent of all Nigerian women who… Continue watching
Aug 23 Watch 7:13 News Wrap: In Afghanistan, roadside bomb causes first U.S. combat death since January By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Tuesday, an American soldier died in Afghanistan -- the first U.S. combat death in the country since January. The soldier’s patrol in the Helmand province triggered a roadside bomb that also wounded another U.S. service member… Continue watching
Aug 19 Column: Economy in tatters, Nigeria loses title as Africa’s largest economy By Vikram Mansharamani Since Nigeria’s central bank announced it would abandon its currency’s dollar peg, the naira has fallen 61 percent against the U.S. dollar. Continue reading
Aug 15 Boko Haram militants offer to trade kidnapped girls for fighters By Larisa Epatko The Islamic militant group Boko Haram said in a video Sunday that it would free some of the more than 200 schoolgirls who were snatched in eastern Nigeria two years ago, in exchange for the release of its fighters. Continue reading