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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.

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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.

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Oct 13

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Massive rates of malnutrition plague war-torn areas of Nigeria

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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.

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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.

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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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