USAfrica: Nigeria, Dangote’s activism and the risk of incomplete reform. By Patrick O. Okigbo III
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Campaign to find missing schoolgirls
International pressure on Nigeria mounted Saturday with protesters taking to the streets around the world to demand the rescue hundreds of schoolgirls abducted by the terror group Boko Haram.
Explosions reported in Kenya; at least 3 dead
At least three people were killed and scores injured in a blast in downtown Mombasa on Saturday, the Kenyan Interior Ministry said.
10 people are killed in Somali roadside bombing
A roadside bomb in Mogadishu killed a former regional government administrator and nine other people on Saturday, according to Somali police.
Kerry: South Sudan President to meet rebel leader
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said South Sudan President Salva Kiir will meet rebel leader Riek Machar next week for talks.
223 Nigerian girls still missing
Nigerian authorities specified a total of 276 schoolgirls were taken last month by militants from a boarding school, but 53 of them escaped, leaving 223 still missing.
Attacks in Egypt’s Sinai region kill 5, wound others
A soldier was killed Friday in a suicide blast at an army checkpoint in Egypt's Sinai region, state news reported.
‘We thought they were soldiers’
One victim who escaped the mass school abduction tells how the girls were tricked into boarding a truck, as families of the missing demand answers.
Nine Libyan soldiers killed in clash with militants
At least nine Libyan soldiers were killed in fighting between government forces and Islamist militants in Benghazi on Friday, officials said.
Libya’s 2012 terror attack still controversial
Republicans call it a government cover-up similar to what got Richard Nixon impeached. Democrats call it a right-wing conspiracy theory.
Nigeria: “Bring back our girls”
Nigerians are rallying to criticize the government's efforts to bring back scores of abducted girls.
Meet Nigeria’s ‘Mark Zuckerberg’
At 23, many people around the world are still at university -- at that age, Gossy Ukanwoke had already started one.
Most entrepreneurial man in Africa?
Most success-hungry entrepreneurs would tell you there's not enough hours in the day -- try saying that to Buken Makokha.
Most entrepreneurial man in Africa?
Most success-hungry entrepreneurs would tell you there's not enough hours in the day -- try saying that to Buken Makokha.
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