Igbo-Ora, the scientific enigma of the ‘twin capital of the world’
The small city in Nigeria is known for its high rate of multiple pregnancies, and to date there is no conclusive explanation for the phenomenon
The small city in Nigeria is known for its high rate of multiple pregnancies, and to date there is no conclusive explanation for the phenomenon

Hamada has five children and lives in Nigeria with HIV. Her husband and her father threw her out of the house when they learned about her illness and the fact that she had warned the second wife about the illness. When the United States halted the antiretroviral program that had allowed her to access her medication, she fell into despair

The world is rearming and humanitarian aid is collapsing. Tamanna, Hamada and Carmen Elena have felt the shock of the global upheaval firsthand. Like them, millions of women in the Global South feel the sting of decisions made in offices thousands of kilometers away. Three comics and a common denominator: being a woman

Hundreds of young people are being deceived with fake job offers or high salaries through emigration networks coordinated by Moscow

The president had been claiming for weeks that members of the Christian community in the African country are being ‘viciously killed’ by Islamic jihadists

More than 10,000 people were killed by armed groups in the African country in two years, but many of the victims were Muslim
The US has expelled a group of people to Ghana and other African countries. This has taken place amid intense secrecy, through an aggressive deportation strategy that offers few safeguards to those detained
Moscow employs thousands of Egyptian, Nigerian, Chinese, North Korean, and Cuban mercenaries to attack its neighboring country. Many are sent en masse to the front lines and end up as prisoners of war

The lives of millions of children hang in the balance if they lose access to this compound. The UN and NGOs are seeking solutions to produce it locally and distribute the US stockpile

Experts and industry promoters warn that the gains from this growing sector are not fully reaching local workers and suppliers, and stress the need to invest in education and the competitiveness of community projects

According to the plan announced by the State Department, applicants from countries with high rates of overstay will be required to post the bonds at the time of applying

Trafficking of this endangered species may seem like a marginal issue to some. It isn’t. It’s a high-level criminal activity

The US president announced 50% tariffs on this small African country, which depends largely on its exports to Washington and has already been severely affected by the dismantling of USAID, which financed its fight against HIV/AIDS

The U.S. President has announced his tariff plan, however, he did not mention measures against Mexico or Canada
An organization in the country has rescued around 100 of these mammals from illegal trafficking and has joined forces for conservation and education about the species

Australian entrepreneur Stephenie Rodriguez contracted the disease in Nigeria. After a long recovery, she is speaking out about her experience and calling for more funds to eradicate this disease, which kills 600,000 people every year

Model Chidimma Adetshina, who is of Nigerian and Mozambican origin, dropped out of the beauty competition after being caught up in a media storm that experts say highlights the hatred towards Black foreigners

Nigerian Oluwatosin Ajibade is an afrobeats star who has toured with J Balvin, made tracks with Bad Bunny and Beyoncé and travels the world to discover new musical talent. His dream is a more just music industry in which African labels get a larger share of the profits

This week 287 grade school students were kidnapped by gunmen in northwestern Nigeria, where relentless violence by insurgent Islamic militant organizations and by bandit groups with no particular ideology have crumbled communities and killed thousands of people

The Elephants defeated Nigeria 2-1 in Sunday’s final to claim the country’s third title after wins in 1992 and 2015. It set off unbridled celebrations that lasted through the night

Human rights activists denounce mass arrests of people accused of homosexuality and extortion by security forces. Same-sex relationships are sentenced to up to 14 years in prison in the African country

A dozen genetic-editing projects for crops in Africa are achieving incredible results. For more than 20 years, European countries have been repressing this technology, due to pressure from certain environmental groups

It was the latest of such mass killing this year blamed on the country’s farmer-herder crisis. Plateau Gov. Caleb Mutfwang said on Tuesday that 17 communities were targeted in “senseless and unprovoked” attacks on Saturday and Sunday

The hit on world grain supplies from Russia’s war in Ukraine compounds the ills of African conflicts, climate change and the aftereffects of the Covid-19 pandemic

The reductions have not made lasting changes to oil prices because of concerns about oversupply in a weakening global economy

The risk to vessels is the main hurdle for the new shipping corridor. Russia warned this summer that ships heading to Ukraine’s Black Sea ports would be assumed to be carrying weapons

The country plans to immunize 7.7 million girls and adolescents against this pathogen, which causes the majority of cases of cervical cancer. About 8,000 Nigerians died from this cause in 2020, as cases are detected when they are advanced