Businessinsider.co.za | Ever Given’s owners have struck deal with Egypt to free ship months after it was seized, insurers say
The Ever Given is on the brink of being released, according to its insurers, who say its owners have made an agreement in principle with Egypt.
‘We have more in common than what separates us’: refugee stories, told by refugees
In One Thousand Dreams, award-winning photographer Robin Hammond hands the camera to refugees. Often reduced by the media’s toxic or well-meaning narratives, the portraits and interviews capture a different and…
Nigerian rapper Olamide: ‘People have a very limited understanding of the ghetto’
From a Lagos slum, Olamide became one of Africa’s biggest music stars. A new, global deal is taking his vivid pop to the wider world Bariga, a sprawling northern suburb…
‘Cultural appropriation is a two-way thing’: Yinka Shonibare on Picasso, masks and the fashion for black artists
Picasso was so enthralled by African art, he used it to start a revolution. But did it give rise to a fantasy of Africa that still endures? British-Nigerian artist Shonibare…
Young, qualified and barely scraping by – inside Nigeria’s economic crisis
With unemployment among the world’s worst and those under 35 hit hardest, young Nigerians see their prospects rapidly diminish Favour Obi graduated in 2016 with a first class degree in…
‘We can’t go back home’: the forgotten victims of Nigeria’s conflict – in pictures
Camped in a half-built royal palace in Anka, in the north-western Zamfara state, displaced families – mostly women and children – just want to escape the upheavals making their lives…
Nigerian broadcasters ordered to stop using ‘unpatriotic’ Twitter
Move comes after social media firm deleted president’s tweet for violating its rules Nigeria’s media regulator has directed all TV and radio stations to delete their Twitter accounts and described…
Boko Haram leader killed on direct orders of Islamic State
Isis ordered death of Abubakar Shekau over concerns about indiscriminate targeting of ‘believers’ The death of the leader of the Nigerian militant Islamist group Boko Haram has been confirmed by…
Cattle thieves kill 66 villagers in north-west Nigeria
Police still searching for more bodies after gunmen on motorcycles attacked seven villages A gang of cattle thieves have killed 66 people in raids on seven villages in north-west Nigeria’s…