Malian Air Force deputy chief of staff Ismael Wague (centre) speaks during a press conference on August 19, 2020.
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Bruce Whitehouse, Lehigh University
Soldiers have ousted Mali’s President...
How to Address Youth Violence in The Niger-Delta
Young people’s lives in Niger Delta have not improved despite the setting up of development agencies
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Modesta Tochi Alozie, University of Sheffield
Twenty years ago, local resistance arose in...
Why Terrorism Continues in Nigeria
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Sheriff Folarin, Covenant University
For ten years, the Nigerian authorities have engaged the terror group Boko Haram in the northeast without making much headway. After what appeared to be some success...
Has Nigeria's poor health system been exposed by COVID-19 outbreak yet?
High school students wear face masks as they wash their hands on August 3, the first day of partial resumption of classes in Lagos, Nigeria, since the COVID-19 lockdown.
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Oyebola Oyesola,...
What is ammonium nitrate (NH4NO3), the chemical that exploded in Beirut?
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The Lebanese capital Beirut was rocked on Tuesday evening local time by an explosion that has killed at least 78 people and injured thousands mo...
Decrypted messages from the Biafran war that have remained secret for 50 years
A freedom march for Biafra held to mark the anniversary of the unilateral declaration of independence in 1967 that sparked a brutal 30-month civil war in Nigeria.
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Richard Bean, The University of...
Discovery of the earliest glass production in Nigeria and what it means.
Glass related artifacts excavated from Igbo Olokun, Ile Ife. Left: glass beads, Right: fragments of glass making crucibles.
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Abidemi Babatunde Babalola, University of Cambridge
The story of humankind from the earliest...
