Month: May 2014

Scared to send children to school

Gripped by fear, families in Nigeria are scared to send their children to school following the mass abductions…

Is this band the new Gorillaz?

Kenyan group "Just a Band" is blurring the boundaries of music, animation and film making.

Christian woman in Sudan could face death over faith

A Christian woman in Sudan reportedly has until Thursday to either recant her faith or face a possible…

Turning waste into building blocks

Stephen Senghor has started a sustainable development company in Petit Mbao, a coastal community just outside Dakar, Senegal.

Kidnapped Nigerian girls identified on video

77 girls shown in a Boko Haram video released this week have been identified to be from Chibok…

Pistorius psychiatric test ruling due

The judge in the Oscar Pistorius murder trial will rule Wednesday on whether the athlete must undergo psychiatric…

Marines sent to Italy as unrest grows in North Africa

A group of Marines trained in crisis-rapid response are moving to a base in southern Italy due to…

U.S. support to Nigeria beset by complications

The United States is now using drones and manned surveillance aircraft over Nigeria in the search for the…

‘How to #BringBackOurGirls’

Until the abduction of more than 200 girls at the Government Girls Secondary School in rural Chibok, Nigeria's…

Oscar Pistorius Trial: What’s next?

Oscar Pistorius needs to undergo mental health examinations, the judge in his murder trial ruled Wednesday, putting a…

Analysis: How you can help the kidnapped girls

#BringBackOurGirls has now been tweeted more than a million times across the world, as global outrage over the…

Analysis: Do poor schools give rise to terror groups?

Authors say the roots of the terror group's influence are backward schools that fail to equip students with…

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