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Nigerians To Vote In Elections Saturday, After A Week-Long Delay

5:20pm February 22, 2019

by Ofeibea Quist-Arcton

Nigerians will go to the polls on Saturday for an election that was delayed by a week. Authorities are asking for peace and calm as tens of millions prepare to vote.

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Nigeria To Vote After Weeklong Delay

5:18am February 22, 2019

by Ofeibea Quist-Arcton

It's Take 2 for Nigerian voters. Millions head to the polls this weekend to cast ballots for their next president. Election officials delayed the vote last week.

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Meat at a butcher's shop in a Moroccan market. Lack of refrigeration contributes to Africa's high rate of foodborne illnesses.

A Fatal Public Health Problem In Africa That Flies Under The Radar

5:20pm February 21, 2019

by Tim McDonnell

Over 100,000 people in the continent die each year from foodborne illnesses. A new report looks at the reasons the toll is so high.

A man carries South Sudan's national flag at Mangateen Internal Displaced persons center in Juba on November 17, 2018. Sudan's civil war has led to the displacement of millions of people.

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'Every Kind Of Norm Is Broken': U.N. Says Brutality In S. Sudan May Rise To War Crimes

4:58pm February 21, 2019

by Amy Held

Gang rapes, abductions and killings have grown commonplace in South Sudan, according to the Commission on Human Rights, whose new report outlines widespread violence in the country's ongoing conflict.

Aisha Ali Ibrahim, 17, is a student at Shehu Sanda Kyarimi. She was photographed at the Maiduguri park and zoo in Maiduguri, Nigeria, in 2017.

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Boko Haram Will Never Break Them: Photographing Nigeria's Schoolgirls

11:20pm February 20, 2019

by Laura Beltrán Villamizar

Photojournalist Rahima Gambo has been documenting the experiences of students attending schools in the midst of the insurgency. The images challenge our perception of victimhood and war in Africa.

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Threats Of 'Jungle Justice' Surface Ahead Of Nigeria's Elections

6:22pm February 19, 2019

by Ofeibea Quist-Arcton

Nigeria's president says anyone trying to tamper with Saturday's vote would do so at the "expense of his own life." The main opposition party accused him of making a "direct call for jungle justice."

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Yang Fenglan, shown here in November 2016, has been found guilty of smuggling hundreds of elephant tusks.

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Chinese 'Ivory Queen' Sentenced To 15 Years In Jail In Tanzania

5:31pm February 19, 2019

by Merrit Kennedy

Yang Fenglan, who has lived in Tanzania on and off for decades and operated a Chinese restaurant, was found guilty of working with two Tanzanian men to smuggle more than 800 pieces of ivory.

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Nigeria Delays Elections

8:22am February 16, 2019

by Ofeibea Quist-Arcton

Nigerians were to vote on Saturday, but the election was postponed by a week. The leading presidential contenders are two men are in their 70s in a nation where the median age is 18.

Supporters stand on a roof with placards and banners as they attend a campaign rally of the Nigerian opposition leader Atiku Abubakar on Thursday in Jimeta, eastern Nigeria.

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Nigerian Election Delayed Hours Before Polls Were Due To Open

9:55pm February 15, 2019

by Merrit Kennedy

Officials blame "challenges." In Africa's most populous country, President Muhammadu Buhari is trying to hold on to his position, and opposition leader Atiku Abubakar is his fiercest challenger.

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Top Presidential Candidates In Nigeria Are In Their 70s, Despite Young Population

4:54pm February 15, 2019

by Ofeibea Quist-Arcton

In Nigeria, Africa's most populous nation, the median age is 18. Many youth say their aging leaders are out of touch, yet the leading candidates in Saturday's presidential election are in their 70s.