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Sep 30

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Sex trafficking of African migrants in Europe is a ‘modern plague’

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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…

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Aug 23

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News Wrap: In Afghanistan, roadside bomb causes first U.S. combat death since January

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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…

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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.

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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.

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Aug 12

Nigeria launches emergency measures after first polio cases in 2 years

By Emily Wishingrad

Nigerian military helicopters rushed emergency polio vaccines to Nigeria’s northern state of Borno on Friday morning, in response to Africa’s first cases of the polio virus in more than two years.

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May 20

How well do you know the world: Sunken treasures and Afghan protests

By Larisa Epatko

This week in the world, tens of thousands of Afghans marched in Kabul, a kidnapped schoolgirl escaped in Nigeria, and divers discovered an underwater treasure. Take our quiz about this and more.

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May 18

Nigerian soldiers reportedly find first of 219 kidnapped schoolgirls

By Dominique Bonessi

Nigerian soldiers found one of the missing 219 schools girls late Tuesday after Boko Haram militants kidnapped her and her classmates more than two years ago.

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Apr 12

Boko Haram is using more child suicide bombers than ever

By Gretchen Frazee

The extremist group Boko Haram has sharply increased its use of children as suicide bombers over the past year, according to a UNICEF report released Tuesday.

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Apr 05

How ‘MTV Shuga’ works to wipe out the stigma of HIV

By Larisa Epatko

Amid the stylish dresses and crimson lips of “MTV Shuga” comes a message of acceptance for those who have HIV.

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Feb 29

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Cameroon, Nigeria join forces to free Boko Haram hostages

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Hundreds of hostages held by the Islamic terrorist group Boko Haram were freed over the weekend after a joint raid by Cameroonian and Nigerian forces. The raid followed increased U.S. military efforts to cooperate with regional governments against the jihadist…

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