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Followers of Muqtada al-Sadr celebrate holding his posters, after the announcement of the results of the parliamentary elections in Tahrir Square, Baghdad, Iraq
Top of The World
Moqtada al-Sadr wins Iraq election
Woman in orange outfit walks in dry climate with girl in pink dress and boy in beige outfit
The Big Fix
NATO agrees to study how climate change impacts global security threats
People are shown gathering in a dusty courtyard with several single story buildings in the background.
Extremism
Boko Haram claims kidnapping of Nigeria students in north
A solider with a gun stands on an armored vehicle.
Conflict & Justice
There is ‘a grave hole in the international response’ to violence in Cameroon, IRC says
A family of men sit on a porch and cry with their heads down.
Health & Medicine
In Nigeria, Twitter therapists and ‘tuk-tuk’ counselors make up for a gap in mental health care
A former UN official campaigning for peace shows a threatening message posted against him on social media by separatists
Media
Facebook’s Cameroon problem: stop stoking hate
A US special forces soldier demonstrates how to detain a suspect during Flintlock 2014, a US-led international training mission for African militaries, in Diffa, Niger, March 4, 2014.
Conflict
Niger raid highlights US military’s growing role in Africa
Malala
Culture
Malala calls for a ‘state of emergency for education’ in Nigeria
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Radio Free(ing) Africa
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Ladi, Glory and Mary, three of the escaped Chibok girls, stroll through the gardens of the American University of Nigeria, in Yola, Nigeria. They've received scholarships to go to school at AUN.
Education
Some of the Chibok girls are getting an education and a new future
Bring back our girls red carpet
Conflict
#BringBackOurGirls was a mistake
Kerawa Cameroon Boko Haram
Conflict
Cameroon has been using witchcraft to fight Boko Haram
Members of the "Bring Back Our Girls" campaign celebrate news that Boko Haram extremists have released 21 young captives.
Conflict
Nigeria’s #BringBackOurGirls campaign celebrates 21 returnees
United States commits ground soldiers to battle militia in Uganda
A local vigilante checks a vehicle at a check point in Michika town, after the Nigerian military recaptured it from Boko Haram, in Adamawa state May 10, 2015.
Conflict
Getting the Chibok girls home is one thing. Knowing what to do with them once they get there is another.
Zara John, 16, holds her baby, with her mother watching in the background.
Conflict
A teen rescued from Boko Haram captivity still pines for her militant husband
Nigerians held vigils for the girls kidnapped by the extremist group Boko Haram on the one year anniversary of their abduction, April 14, 2015.
Conflict
Facebook safety checks arrive in Nigeria, but some ask if it’s worth celebrating
A girl and her mother rescued from Boko Haram in Sambisa Forest by Nigeria's military arrive at a camp for the displaced.
Conflict
An uncertain welcome awaits hundreds of Nigerian women and girls freed from Boko Haram captivity
These former members of the insurgent group Boko Haram say they've escaped and turned themselves in to Chadian authorities. The army of Chad has intervened in northern Nigeria against the Islamist group.
Conflict
Nigeria’s army may finally have Boko Haram on the run
Protestors with the Abuja "Bring Back Our Girls" chapter demonstrate at Unity Fountain in Abuja on January 25, 2015.
Conflict
A new leader in Nigeria sparks new hope for efforts against Boko Haram
Supporters of Nigerian presidential candidate Muhammadu Buhari celebrate his election victory on March 31, 2015. Buhari is the first Nigerian to peacefully oust a sitting president under the country's democratic system.
Global Politics
Goodnight for Goodluck: Nigeria’s president concedes election defeat
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan warned against violence ahead of Saturday's presidential election.
Global Politics
Nigeria’s choices for president: a former military ruler or a corrupt incumbent
A Chadian soldier during a battle against insurgent group Boko Haram in Gambaru, Nigeria, February 26th 2015. Gambaru lies on the border with Cameroon.
Conflict
Nations launch an international campaign against Boko Haram, as it pledges allegiance to ISIS
A screen shot from an "Average Mohamed" animated cartoon directed at 8- to 16-year-olds that debunks ISIS recruitment messages.
Global Politics
Meet ‘Average Mohamed,’ a gas station manager who’s using cartoons to fight ISIS recruitment
A family that escaped Boko Haram attacks in both Michika and Cameroon seek shelter in an uncompleted house in Adamawa on January 31, 2015.
Conflict
As Boko Haram broadens its war, the group’s massacres become a regional problem
Nigeria, not quite as trendy.
Media
Why no ‘Je suis Charlie’ moment for Boko Haram’s victims?
Satellite image showing the extent of damage in Doron Baga taken on January 7, 2015, following an attack by Boko Haram.
Conflict
Satellite images offer ‘vivid’ evidence of Boko Haram devastation
Police and emergency workers investigate a bombing scene in Kano, Nigeris, on November 29, 2014.
Conflict
Nigerians are ‘desperate’ for intervention as Boko Haram steps up its attacks
BringBackOurGirls campaigners
Conflict
Boko Haram militants take over Chibok in northeastern Nigeria
vigilante photo
Conflict
Vigilantes with homemade weapons take on Boko Haram in Nigeria
Women react during a protest demanding that Nigerian security forces search harder for 200 schoolgirls abducted by Islamist militants.
Conflict
Nigerian girls who escaped from Boko Haram describe their ordeal
Beijing pollution
Global Scan
Beijing is bracing for a smoggy, dangerous weekend
Demonstrators hold up a banner during a rally in Abuja that was held to mark the 120th day since the abduction of 200 schoolgirls by the Boko Haram Islamist groups on August 12, 2014.
Conflict
The men tracking down Boko Haram are committing Boko Haram-like atrocities
Hauwa Nkaki, mother of one of more than 200 girls abducted in the remote village of Chibok.
Conflict & Justice
In 100 days since the mass abduction of Nigerian schoolgirls, 11 of the girls’ parents have died
Hauwa Nkaki, mother of one of more than 200 girls abducted in the remote village of Chibok.
Conflict & Justice
In 100 days since the mass abduction of Nigerian schoolgirls, 11 of the girls’ parents have died
Malala Yousafzai during trip to Nigeria July 2014
Conflict & Justice
Malala, the girl who survived a Taliban shooting, is in Nigeria to support its kidnapped girls
An emergency responder walks on a road near fire engines working to put a fire after a blast in the Wuse 2 neighbourhood of Abuja, June 25, 2014. At least 21 people were killed when a suspected bomb tore through the crowded shopping district in the Nigeri
Global Scan
How corruption and factionalism in Nigeria spawned Boko Haram
The #bringbackourgirls campaign continues to resonate globally. Students from an all-girls Catholic school in Manila wore masks last month in solidarity with the kidnapped African school girls.
Conflict & Justice
Nigerians still hope for a rescue of their kidnapped girls, even as abductions continue
Environment
Behind Boko Haram’s terrorism in Nigeria is radical Islam — and environmental crises
A participant of the "Your Weight in Gold" contest has his weight recorded in Dubai September 3, 2013. The Dubai government launched a 30-day weight-loss challenge last year, paying residents in gold for losing extra pounds as part of a government campaig
Global Scan
We’re all getting fatter — and nowhere in the world is immune
A participant of the "Your Weight in Gold" contest has his weight recorded in Dubai September 3, 2013. The Dubai government launched a 30-day weight-loss challenge last year, paying residents in gold for losing extra pounds as part of a government campaig
Global Scan
We’re all getting fatter — and nowhere in the world is immune
What's left of the state boarding school in Chibok, a remote town in northeast Nigeria Borno State. On April 14, Boko Haram militants raided the school on April 14th in search of food. They found the girls and kidnapped them. More than 200 are still missi
Conflict & Justice
The town where the Nigerian girls were kidnapped is the heartland of Boko Haram
Conflict & Justice
Our government can’t help the kidnapped schoolgirls, says a Nigerian human rights worker
Rachel Daniel, 35, holds up a picture of her abducted daughter Rose Daniel, 17, as her son Bukar, 7, sits beside her at her home in Maiduguri in northeast Nigeria on May 21, 2014. Rose is one of the more than 200 of her classmates on April 14 by Boko Hara
Conflict & Justice
US forces are helping Nigeria — but there are limits to what they’ll do
A student who escaped when Boko Haram rebels stormed a school identifies her friends from a video released by the Islamist militants.
Conflict & Justice
An emboldened Boko Haram tells Nigerians — ‘wherever you are, we can reach you’
The city of Jos
Conflict & Justice
Boko Haram, true or not, is trying to portray itself as the protector of Muslims in Nigeria
Nigerian parents
Conflict & Justice
Nigeria’s kidnapped girls spur public anger, vigils and a Paris summit
Kashim Shettima, the Governor of Borno state in northeast Nigeria, addresses a protest rally by Nigerians demanding the release of the school girls abducted from the remote village of Chibok. U.S. surveillance aircraft are flying over remote areas of nort
Global Politics
Besides hashtags, what can the US do to help Nigeria’s kidnapped girls?
International Space Station
Global Scan
The conflict over Ukraine now reaches into space
International Space Station
Global Scan
The conflict over Ukraine now reaches into space
Parents of the Nigerian girls abducted by Islamist militants from the village of Chibok , grieve for their daughters
Conflict & Justice
A father pleads for the return of his kidnapped daughter in Nigeria
Conflict & Justice
Could all the attention to #BringBackOurGirls backfire and empower Boko Haram?
Conflict & Justice
A new video appears to show the kidnapped girls from Nigeria
Conflict & Justice
A new video appears to show the kidnapped girls from Nigeria
Conflict & Justice
Is the world ignoring young, black girls?
A protester outside the Nigerian Embassy in London holds a sign as she demonstrates against the kidnapping of school girls in Nigeria three weeks ago. There's been a world-wide outcry about the abductions carried about the Islamist militant group Boko Har
Conflict & Justice
A Nigerian official defends his government’s response to the crisis over the kidnapped girls
A protester outside the Nigerian Embassy in London holds a sign as she demonstrates against the kidnapping of school girls in Nigeria three weeks ago. There's been a world-wide outcry about the abductions carried about the Islamist militant group Boko Har
Conflict & Justice
A Nigerian official defends his government’s response to the crisis over the kidnapped girls
Protesters in Lagos demanding the release of abducted teenage school girls from the remote Nigerian village of Chibok.
Conflict & Justice
How the abduction of more than 200 teenage girls is uniting Nigerian Christians and Muslims
Protesters in Lagos demanding the release of abducted teenage school girls from the remote Nigerian village of Chibok.
Conflict & Justice
How the abduction of more than 200 teenage girls is uniting Nigerian Christians and Muslims
Nigerian women in Lagos protest to demand the release of abducted school girls.
Conflict & Justice
Can Boko Haram follow through on its threat to sell kidnapped girls into slavery? Maybe