African countries have an opportunity to reduce poverty with new policies.
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If trends continue, 87% of the world’s poorest people will live in sub-Saharan Africa by 2030.
Child labour is still endemic in Nigeria.
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Middle-class Nigerians employ children in their homes for a range of reasons.
The border closure has affected goods from other West African countries.
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Efforts to increase trade within the continent are being undermined from the start
Capital, family roles and stereotypes hinder women in business.
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The governments of the two West African countries could do more to enhance women’s participation in tourism.
Innovative efforts have been put in place to reach populations in partially and totally inaccessible parts of Borno state.
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Ending the Boko Haram insurgency is the last hurdle in Nigeria’s race against polio
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President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria (left) arriving at Waterkloof Airforce Base Airport in Pretoria. He is welcomed by Minister Naledi Pandor.
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South Africa and Nigeria have had a turbulent relationship dating back to the early 1990s.
One of the immediate outcomes of talks between Muhammadu Buhari (left) and Cyril Ramaphosa was the easing of tensions.
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Although Nigeria and South Africa are often cast as rivals they have a strong bilateral relationship
A Chinese trawler offloads its catch at a fishing port in Cameroon.
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Despite its importance, Cameroon’s maritime fisheries sector is plagued with largely hidden, or ignored, fisheries crimes.
Lagos was affected positively and negatively by Nigeria’s emergence as a crude oil producer in the 1970s.
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The foundations of orderliness for any city are planning and management. Lagos had this in place in the early days.
On Akure’s edges, which used to be mainly farmland, buildings are taking over.
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City officials have not considered how approaches like mixed-use developments closer to the city centre might alleviate the housing shortage as well as protect Akure’s green spaces.
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The role and efficacy of the traditional crime-prevention measures in Iraye-Oke are widely acknowledged by people who live in the area.
Residents of Sake in the Democratic Republic of Congo leave their homes to avoid clashes between rebels and government forces.
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More than two out of three displaced people are not refugees, but remain within their own country.
Flavour, a popular Nigerian musician, can wear his dreadlocks in peace because they are seen as a temporary fashion statement.
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Nigerian men who wear their hair in knots are not a new phenomenon, but the hairstyle’s spiritual heritage sparks fear in the hearts of many.
Jakarta is among the ‘megacities’ with a population of more than 10 million people.
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Shifting the capital of Indonesia and other countries may actually send the wrong message that cities too can be discarded.
Rural healthcare services are best supported by midlevel workers.
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Midlevel health workers can provide diagnostic and therapeutic services with lower entry qualification requirements and shorter training periods than doctors.
U.S. President Donald Trump (L) greets South Korean President Moon Jae-in during a joint news conference at the presidential Blue House on June 30.
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Most of the world might hate Trump, but in some places, based largely on his policies, there is hope and even admiration.
The infamous Makoko slum in Lagos, Nigeria.
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In our urban world, turning the makeshift and the informal into the livable and sustainable is our greatest challenge.
Nigerians rescued from a Boko Haram camp in the north. The terrorist group is just one element of insecurity in the region.
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Banditry in northern Nigeria is making an already precarious security situation in the region worse.
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