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not too young to run nigeria
June 05th, 2018
Hail the ‘not too young to run’ revolution
by:Bob Koigi
Young Nigerian activists inspired millions of youths across Africa who have been struggling to get to political office while battling old boys' networks.
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Yusuf-Mohammed
November 30th, 2017
A museum for Boko Haram. Historicising or celebrating?
by:Shira Jeczmien
Boko Haram was the world's deadliest terror organisation in 2015 and killed over 200 civilians this year. Is it right to memorialise them in a museum?
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Lagos traffic
October 22nd, 2017
The Nigeria jet car
in:Humans, Nature, Economy, Technology
by:Bob Koigi
Kehinde Durojaiye, a self-taught inventor has designed a contraption that can manoeuvre through the Lagos traffic.
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Nigeria
October 20th, 2017
Restructuring Nigeria: What will work? (Part 1)
in:Humans, Economy
by:Kolawole Talabi
Nigeria, Africa’s largest country copes with huge management issues. A growing call for restructuring raises the question what lessons can be from the past?
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Joloffrice
October 16th, 2017
Jollof rice and the supremacy battles in West Africa
in:Humans, Economy
by:Bob Koigi
In a region that is known for its strict obsession with traditional foods, a debate about Jollof rice has moved from the kitchens to Mark Zuckerberg.
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megachurch lakewood_interior
September 14th, 2017
The hidden economy of Africa's fast growing megachurches
by:Shira Jeczmien
Off the back of a failed government, pentecostal churches in Africa have deformed from a socially motivated premise to yet another self-serving entity.
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Nigeria_Oil_Industry
April 28th, 2017
Bribery scheme uncovered in Nigeria's oil industry
in:Humans, Economy
by:Kolawole Talabi
Although agencies such as the EFCC (better known as the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission) exist to curb the graft in Nigeria, the apparent [...]
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Somalia_hungercrisis_UN
April 11th, 2017
Famine in Africa and the Middle East: 20 million lives are at risk!
type:Donation, NGO
by:Deniz Zehra Tavli
The UNHCR has declared an increasing risk of mass starvation in South Sudan, Nigeria, Somalia and Yemen. Due to a mix of droughts, conflicts, war and [...]
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9129089214_3f4b9a2f71_k
March 15th, 2017
Butt lifting for Africa’s middle class
in:Humans
by:Bob Koigi
It is an industry spawning creams, surgeries and padding, and it has now seen an unprecedented surge in the number of plastic surgeons and clinics across [...]
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child in heart surgery
August 10th, 2016
Confront fear with preemptive love!
type:Donation, NGO, Volunteering
by:Deniz Zehra Tavli
Preemptive love coalition is a Non-Profit-Organization which provides live-saving heart surgeries and emergency relief for displaced communities [...]
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DPRK Team on the Attack
August 10th, 2016
Nigerian football pitch relies on players’ movements to generate electricity
in:Humans, Nature
by:Bob Koigi
Solar has been a flagship source of energy that has heralded world class technologies that have put the continent in the global map. And now in [...]
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LOVE
July 04th, 2016
Where Love Is Illegal
in:Humans, Arts
by:Vanessa Ellingham
The project has also become an online platform where LGBT people around the world can submit their stories of identity and survival. The mix of Hammond’s professional polaroids [...]
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Tutlub_2 Kopie
February 26th, 2016
Nigeria's Muslim-only social media
in:Humans, Economy
by:Bob Koigi
The mobile application dubbed Tutlub has been developed by Yusuf Hassan the founder of NextUmmah, a company that specializes in Muslims-for-Muslims digital [...]
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April 15th, 2015
Chibok girls kidnapping: one year on
by:Vanessa Ellingham
It is now one year since the event that threw Boko Haram into focus - some 276 schoolgirls had been kidnapped from their school, ripped apart from their families. Families waited for girls [...]
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goodluck-jonathan
March 06th, 2015
Goodluck: I will not lose
by:Ama Lorenz
Last night, the Iraqi government reported another attack by the IS on a national cultural monument in Namrid. There is evidence that IS and Boko Haram cooperate and [...]
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2015 hrw wr yezidi syria
January 29th, 2015
Human rights violations ultimately fuel crises
by:Murat Suner
Human Rights Watch reviews human rights practices in more than 90 countries. Yesterday, it released its 656-page World Report 2015, its 25th [...]
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Boko-Haram-Massacre2
January 13th, 2015
There are massacres and there are massacres
by:Murat Suner
While the world was reporting and mourning about the Charlie Hebdo carnage in Paris, Boko Haram's Islamic extremists attacked Baga, a north-eastern [...]
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Cameroonian military Official paraiding the Amchide zone
January 10th, 2015
Cameroon's fight against Boko Haram is paying off
in:Humans, Economy
by:Israel Bionyi
President Paul Biya visibly inflamed by the Nigerian terrorist incursions ordered aerial bombardments on the attackers sources said numbered about 1000 men. [...]
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boko haram screenshot
December 18th, 2014
Boko Haram kidnaps 185 women and children, kills 32 people
by:Murat Suner
Presumably, armed fighters of Boko Haram, the so-called Nigerian Taliban, kidnapped at least 185 women and children, and killed 32 people in a raid [...]
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Cecilia Teela used to collect periwinkles in Bodo
November 14th, 2014
Shell's false claims on Nigeria oil spills
by:Murat Suner
Court documents revealed by Amnesty International today expose the fact that Shell has repeatedly made false claims about the size and impact of two [...]
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ccvi-map-2015
October 30th, 2014
Climate change: Risk of conflict and civil unrest in 32 countries
by:Murat Suner
According to Maplecroft, a global risk analytics company, a "worrying combination of climate change vulnerability and food insecurity is amplifying [...]
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NIGERIA - Boko Haram
October 27th, 2014
Life under Boko Haram
by:Vanessa Ellingham
Mandatory religious conversion, rape, torture, forced labour, psychological abuse: life for women and girls captured by Boko Haram is even worse than we might have [...]
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28SIC-WHITE SHADOW-04
July 25th, 2014
Albinos don’t die, they just disappear
in:Humans, Arts
by:Marc Hairapetian
Marc Hairapetian: How did you come to the subject of Albino hunting in East Africa? Noaz Deshe: „White Shadow“ is not entirely about the [...]
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Screen Shot 2014-04-24 at 12.30.11 PM
April 22nd, 2014
Where are the missing schoolgirls? And who still cares?
by:Vanessa Ellingham
Last week terrorists broke into a school in north-eastern Nigeria, shot guards and kidnapped about 200 schoolgirls. But the incident has been largely [...]
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Screen Shot 2013-08-16 at 00.44.51
August 15th, 2013
Nigeria becomes first African nation to ratify Arms Trade Treaty
in:Humans
type:Allgemein
org:Amnesty International
“By signing and ratifying the lifesaving Arms Trade Treaty, Nigeria has indicated its willingness to join the global society in ensuring strict [...]
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Barack_Obama_second_swearing_in_ceremony_1-21-13
January 28th, 2013
AFRICA'S AUDACITY OF HOPE? What might Africans expect from a second Obama Administration?
in:Humans
type:Allgemein
by:Jack Bicker
As Barack Obama is sworn in for a second term as US president, Fairplanet asked five young Africans about the ways in which US relations with their [...]
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727px-Nigerian_farmers
November 13th, 2012
Nigerian farmers bringing Shell to justice
in:Nature, Economy
type:Allgemein
by:Sara Jabril
This court case could go down in history as one of the first rulings to hold a giant multinational accountable for its actions overseas. Imagine [...]
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shell_nigeria
November 07th, 2012
People Power vs. Big Oil
in:Nature, Economy
type:Allgemein
org:Avaaz
Finally, Big Oil is having to pay for the wasteland and violence that they’ve created. President Jonathan supports the Shell fine, and progressive Senators are pushing for [...]
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450px-Second-hand_clothes_(4716883933)
October 19th, 2012
Clothing donations: Where do they really go?
in:Humans
type:Allgemein
by:Sara Jabril
In recent years, however, troubling reports from developing countries have cast doubts over the effectiveness and benefits of 'mindlessly' giving [...]
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nigeria-plastic-house
November 08th, 2011
Nigeria builds houses of plastic
in:Nature, Economy
type:Allgemein
by:Itai Lahat
Another thing that is lacking in Nigeria is houses. There is a serious housing shortage in the land. But the Development Association for Renewable Energies [...]
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