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Travelers stand next to a banner displayed near a health screening station at Murtala Muhammed International Airport following reports of an Ebola case in Nigeria, in Lagos on Thursday.
WORLD / Science & Health
Oct 23, 2026
Africa faces ‘complex’ Ebola outbreak after spread to Nigeria, WHO warns
Nigeria, the continent’s most populous nation, is the fourth African country affected by the outbreak.
A billboard featuring Sierra Leone President Julius Maada Bio, current chairman of the Economic Community of West African States, is displayed during the 69th ECOWAS Summit in Freetown in July.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 6, 2026
Africa’s common currency-in-waiting
ECOWAS is now pursuing a phased approach, in which only countries that meet the convergence criteria will participate in the initial 2027 rollout.
Street vendors at the Adjame main market in Abidjan, Cote D'Ivoire, on July 20
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 9, 2026
Africa’s informal economy: A burden and lifeline
Poverty, unemployment and red tape force tens of millions of Africans into work that is not regulated, taxed or protected by the government.
Nigerian President Bola Tinubu attends a panel discussion during the Africa CEO Forum in Kigali, Rwanda, on May 14. Tinubu is seeking reelection in January.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 19, 2026
As campaigns begin in Nigeria, Tinubu’s reelection bid puts his party on trial
The gap between improving economic indicators and worsening household finances is likely to define the campaign.
A supporter of the March and March movement, one of the main anti-immigrant organizations in South Africa, intimidates a passerby during a protest in Johannesburg on April 29.
WORLD / Society
Jul 22, 2026
South Africa’s anti-migrant unrest led over 160,000 to flee
The country has seen weeks of nationwide protests, several degenerating into violence that has claimed the lives of at least four migrants.
Sex workers are seen standing at night on the streets in Benin City on May 21. Desperate women in Africa's most populous country — where rising poverty rates have ensnared 63% of population — end up forced into prostitution across west Africa, along migrant routes toward Europe, and all the way up to Italy, Germany and France.
WORLD
Jul 15, 2026
How sex trade ensnares Nigerian women
Desperate women in Nigeria end up forced into prostitution across west Africa, along migrant routes toward Europe, and all the way up to Italy, Germany and France.
The war in Iran is fueling currency crises in energy-importing countries, underscoring the need to accelerate the transition to electric vehicles and renewable energy to shield economies from fossil-fuel shocks.
COMMENTARY / World
May 18, 2026
The energy crisis is becoming a currency crisis
The biggest losers include the Egyptian pound, the Philippine peso, the South Korean won and the Thai baht.
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington on Friday.
WORLD
May 16, 2026
Trump says U.S. and Nigerian forces ‘eliminate’ senior Islamic State leader
Abu-Bilal al-Minuki, second in command of the terrorist group globally, was killed in a “partnership” between U.S. and Nigerian forces.
Men sit along the seaside near an unofficial camp for displaced people in Beirut on Tuesday.
WORLD / Society
Apr 16, 2026
Forced displacements to soar by 4.2 million by 2027, aid group warns
The numbers do not include those affected by the war in the Middle East, the agency said.
Waliu Fransisco separates tangled threads used for <i>aso-oke</i>, a handwoven fabric indigenous to the Yoruba ethnic group, at Oke Oja workshop in Iseyin, Nigeria, on March 17.
WORLD / Society
Apr 15, 2026
Nigeria’s in-vogue handwoven fabric-makers resist automation
Traditionally worn by the Nigerian rich and ruling class on special occasions, “aso-oke” is now found in designer studios in major cities and is made into shoes, bags and purses.
A victim receives treatment at State Specialist hospital, following Nigerian military jets striking a village market.
WORLD
Apr 14, 2026
‘No warning’: Survivors say Nigerian air force bombed packed market
Human rights groups and local officials say it is yet another massacre of civilians by the Nigerian military, which says it was targeting a militant logistics hub.
A gas flare at the Dangote Industries oil refinery and fertilizer plant site in the Ibeju Lekki district of Lagos on March 2. The 650,000 barrel-a-day plant has been ramping up to full capacity since starting operations in 2024.
WORLD
Mar 18, 2026
African economies vulnerable as Gulf conflict chokes flow of fuel shipments
The squeeze is exposing how refinery closures and underinvestment have left much of the continent dependent on a single trade route.
Victims of a suicide bomb attack receive treatment at a hospital in Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria, on Tuesday.
WORLD
Mar 18, 2026
Suicide bombings show resilience of Nigerian jihadists despite years of war
Many experts said the blasts were a sign of strength and that there could have been a degree of coordination between rival ?groups.
An injured man looks out of an ambulance at a hospital in Maiduguri, Nigeria, on Monday following blasts in the city.
WORLD / Society
Mar 17, 2026
Suicide attacks in northeastern Nigeria kill 23 and injure over 100
Three blasts Monday evening followed an attack on a military post overnight, which authorities blamed on suspected jihadis.
A man walks to the site of a missile attack on farmland in Jabo, Nigeria, on Jan. 1.
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Feb 22, 2026
As U.S. pressures Nigeria over Christians, what does Washington want?
Trump claims the widespread insecurity in Africa’s most populous nation amounts to “persecution” of Christians — a framing rejected by many.
Peter Obi, Nigeria’s Labour Party presidential candidate, speaks to workers in Lagos in 2023.
WORLD / Politics
Feb 10, 2026
Nigerian protesters want election results uploaded in real time
Demonstrators marched to the National Assembly to voice their anger at legislators approving changes to electoral laws, while omitting a key reform demanded by the opposition.
British boxer Anthony Joshua arrives for his bout against U.S. influencer Jake Paul in Miami on Dec. 19.
MORE SPORTS / Boxing
Jan 3, 2026
Driver in crash involving boxer Anthony Joshua charged with dangerous driving
Adeniyi ?Mobolaji Kayode, ?46, appeared before the Sagamu Magistrate Court ?on Friday in connection with the accident.
Anthony Joshua during his fight against Jake Paul in Miami on Dec. 19
MORE SPORTS / Boxing
Dec 30, 2025
Anthony Joshua ‘stable’ after fatal road accident in Nigeria
Joshua’s promoter said the boxer’s “close friends and team members” Sina Ghami and Latif Ayodele were killed and Joshua himself was taken to hospital.
Residents inspect the damage after U.S. forces had launched a strike against Islamic State group militants in Nigeria on Friday.
WORLD
Dec 27, 2025
Nigeria averts unilateral U.S. action by cooperating on airstrike
Security experts say it is unclear whether such strikes can do much to hinder Islamist militants who have long menaced communities in the area.
U.S. President Donald Trump participates in a Christmas event from the Mar-a-lago club in Palm Beach, Florida, on Wednesday.
WORLD
Dec 26, 2025
U.S. launches strike against Islamic State militants in northwest Nigeria
The U.S. military’s Africa Command said the strike was carried out in coordination with the Nigerian authorities and killed multiple ISIS militants.

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