The students, who were taken from a school more than a week ago, say they were beaten by the kidnappers. Police are still looking for hundreds of schoolgirls kidnapped Friday.
Police in the northwestern state of Zamfara said efforts are underway to trace the kidnappers and rescue the abducted students, who may have been moved to neighboring forests.
In areas with limited access to clean running water, hand-washing stations can help limit the spread of disease. But experts say not all taps are created equal.
An activist in Uganda, who has fought an authoritarian government with vulgar poetry, is now in exile. Fleeing a broad crackdown against the opposition in the country.
That's the question posted by a study in TheLancet Planetary Health. In case you're wondering, the United States is characterized as "loose." And Singapore is "tight."
Journalist Matthew Gavin Frank exposes the history of South Africa's nefarious diamond industry, accompanied by a tale of pigeons and their role in subversion, in crisp and poetic prose.