More than 200 teenage girls are still missing after Boko Haram Islamic militants reportedly abducted them two weeks ago. And Nigerians across the country are using protests and social media to demand that the government do something to bring the girls back.
The most Catholic-heavy country in Africa wants no part of reform on issues like homosexuality, contraception and abortion.
The kidnapping of foreigners and murder of polio vaccination workers is threatening a new cycle of poverty and violence.
After enduring gunfire, starvation and the sex trade, Amaka Chinye summoned the strength to overcome her oppressors.
Traditional magic, not force, compels thousands of women to work as prostitutes in the West.
After being tricked into sexual servitude, women are ostracized by family and government.
An effort to add Nigeria’s capital to Google Maps might improve its security.
Nigeria’s newest terror group, Ansaru, demonstrates how Africa’s homegrown militants are more and more embracing an Al Qaeda-styled global ideology.
British colonials once made off with thousands of artifacts. Now Nigeria wants them all back.
If the goal is carnage, Boko Haram has had its best year ever.
Lead dust from a mine causes convulsions, comas and death. Meanwhile, the government dithers.