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1 Mar 2016 2 minute read

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Innocents detained in Nigeria

Ayuba Ijai was held hostage for months by Boko Haram terrorists before government soldiers detained him on suspicion of being...

26 Nov 2015 8 minute read

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Escaping carbon slavery: the view from Nigeria

The climate negotiations have done worse than nothing to prevent climate change. Nigerian activist Adesuwa Uwagie-Ero...

23 Jul 2015 4 minute read

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‘It’s a story of corruption, greed and ineptitude’

Nigerian Ken Henshaw is fighting his government’s calamitous energy privatization. Jess Worth meets him.

30 Jun 2015 3 minute read

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Challenging the oppression of women

Banning practices such as FGM is not enough: we must dismantle their ideology, argues Neda Tehrani.

25 Mar 2015 5 minute read

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Foreign mercenaries will worsen the Boko Haram insurgency

Andrew Noakes cautions against intervention in Nigeria.

3 Feb 2015 3 minute read

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Ministers must answer to Nigerian land-grab investments

UK aid is funding a ‘new wave of colonialism’ as Africa is carved up by big business, writes Chris Walker.

14 Jan 2015 6 minute read

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Paris vs. Baga: What makes an atrocity newsworthy?

Virgil Hawkins decries the media’s bias in reporting on tragedy.

13 Jan 2015 3 minute read

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Shell still avoiding oil spill justice

Nigerian communities receive compensation, but Sarah Shoraka says it’s not enough.

19 Dec 2014 3 minute read

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Life’s juggernaut rolls on

Mari Marcel Thekaekara is in pensive mood as she looks back on a turbulent 2014.

6 Nov 2014 6 minute read

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What does Boko Haram want?

Andrew Noakes analyses the movement’s origins and looks at possible solutions for Nigeria.

7 Aug 2014 4 minute read

This article is almost nine years old.

Playing politics with Nigeria’s insurgency risks civil war

With elections due next year, tensions are simmering, writes Andrew Noakes.

9 May 2014 3 minute read

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Words, words and more damned words

But to save the kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls we need action, says Mari Marcel Thekaekara.

PODCAST: Forget congress and legislate!

28 Apr 2014 1 minute read

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PODCAST: Forget congress and legislate!

This month, Naomi Fowler looks to Maine, the latest American state to clamp down on tax havens.

24 Feb 2014 5 minute read

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Clampdown continues on Nigeria’s LGBT community

But the global voices of dissent are growing louder, reports Chris Matthews.

10 Feb 2014 4 minute read

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The Sochi struggle for LGBTI rights

Adam Long reports on the global fight against homophobia, and looks to Holland's past for inspiration.

3 Feb 2014 3 minute read

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Campaigners cheer a bad week for Shell

Sponsorship rejected, a lawsuit to stop Arctic drilling – Kevin Smith considers the impact on Big Oil.

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