Sudan peace talks are scheduled to get underway in Geneva
Peace talks aimed at ending Sudan's war are expected to start in Geneva Wednesday -- as the United Nations warns of an unfolding humanitarian catastrophe.
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Nigerian athletes say mismanagement by the country's officials cost them the Olympics
Nigeria had a terrible showing at the Olympics. Its athletes say they were failed by corruption and mismanagement by the nation's sports officials.
Crypto-currency Captive in Nigeria; German Chancellor Turned Fictional Crime Sleuth
A popular book and TV series in Europe imagines the straight-laced former German chancellor Angela Merkel solving crimes in her retirement. We unpack the premise's popularity. And an American has been jailed in Nigeria over a dispute the country has with the crypto-currency exchange Binance. Some say the man is effectively being held hostage.
Protests against Kenya's president have sparked a new wave of music, poetry and art
Kenya's antigovernment protestors have a new soundtrack and words of poets to help galvanize their burgeoning movement.
Islamic extremist group kills 32 people in attack on beachfront in Somalia's capital
The attack took place Friday night near a hotel in a popular beachfront destination in Mogadishu. Nearly all of the people killed and injured were civilians, police said.
Thousands take to the streets in Nigerian cities to protest government policies
Nigerians in several major cities are protesting government economic policies that are causing inflation and hunger.
"We are hungry!" Nigerians Protest Soaring Food and Fuel Costs
In Nigeria, even two meals a day is becoming unaffordable to many. Demonstrators are protesting food inflation of more than 40 percent, and fuel costs that have tripled. And in China, live-streamers digitally clone themselves, raising questions about the future of labor in the age of A.I.
Children in northern Nigeria are suffering from acute malnutrition, aid groups say
Nigeria has one of Africa's largest economies but is seeing record rates of child malnutrition. Aid groups call it a nearly unprecedented crisis.
'Enough is enough' : Nigerians take to street in protest over a cost-of-living crisis
Thousands take to the streets in Nigeria in the first day of planned “days of rage” protests over the soaring cost of living and fuel crisis in the West African country.
Ethiopia's Drought Forces New Cultivation Methods
People find new ways to grow food after severe drought in some regions of Ethiopia.