'We must stay vigilant': Wild polio sufferers reflect as Africa set to be declared free of the disease
Thousands of people across continent still live with effects of disease
In Nigeria, a new crisis deadlier than Boko Haram is rising
Security forces, aside from being outnumbered, ill-equipped and underfunded, are stretched on all fronts across the entire country
I visited Nigeria as camps as an aid worker and saw the devastating potential of a coronavirus outbreak
The possibility of the virus entering overcrowded camps, where residents have no means to observe social distancing rules and little access to healthcare, weighs heavily on everybody’s mind
Eton apologises to first ever black pupil who was banned after calling out racism
Dillibe Onyeama wrote book detailing how fellow students would ask him ‘Why are you black?’, ‘How many maggots are there in your hair?’ and ‘Does your mother wear a bone…
Nearly one million pigs killed as African swine fever worsens in Nigeria
Outbreaks of disease becoming increasingly common, with latest ‘worst ever’ for continent
The violence in Nigeria could end in genocide – both Christian and Muslim populations need help now
The true cost of the fighting is felt in lives and in hope for Christian communities increasingly dreading extermination, and Muslim communities affected by the vicious Boko Haram
Boko Haram kills 69 and razes village in northern Nigeria
‘They took us unaware and killed our people’, says witness
Tony Allen: Drummer and Afrobeat pioneer whose fusion of styles proved hugely influential
His work with Fela Kuti found an international audience and his playing was widely admired
Coronavirus: Nigeria extends lockdowns, as authorities deny wave of deaths is due to Covid-19
President promises ‘gradual’ easing of restrictions from next week – as investigation begins into pneumonia deaths in northern state