Nigeria

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro gestures during a ceremony by the National Program of Civic-Military Schools, at the Planalto Palace in Brasilia, Brazil November 24, 2021. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino

The awkward guests: Parsing the Summit for Democracy invitation list

Tuesday, December 7, 2021

A health worker takes a dose of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine from a vial during the roll out of mass vaccination for the disease in Abuja, Nigeria, November 19, 2021. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde

What do Pfizer’s 1996 drug trials in Nigeria teach us about vaccine hesitancy?

Belinda Archibong and Francis Annan

Friday, December 3, 2021

A healthcare worker holds a vial with the Oxford/AstraZeneca coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine at the National hospital in Abuja, Nigeria, March 5, 2021. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde

We are not guinea pigs: The effects of negative news on vaccine compliance

Belinda Archibong and Francis Annan

Friday, December 3, 2021

Children in Nigeria do their school work during the COVID-19 lockdown.

Gender-responsive education in emergency in Nigeria

Edem Dorothy Ossai

Monday, November 29, 2021

A vertical gas flaring furnace is seen in Ughelli, Delta State, Nigeria September 16, 2020. Picture taken September 16, 2020. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde

Nigeria’s Petroleum Industry Act: Addressing old problems, creating new ones

Wednesday, November 24, 2021

A man grinds grains at a store in Maiduguri, Nigeria October 31, 2021. Picture taken October 31, 2021. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde

The COVID-19 crisis isn’t over for workers in Nigeria

Jonathan Lain and Tara Vishwanath

Wednesday, November 24, 2021

A girl in Nigeria smiles in her classroom.

Nigeria needs a gender-responsive approach to education in emergencies

Edem Dorothy Ossai

Friday, November 19, 2021

Nigerians take part in a protest against alleged violence, extortion and harassment from Nigeria's Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), in Lagos, Nigeria October 11, 2020. REUTERS/Temilade Adelaja TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Vigilante groups and militias in southern Nigeria

Vanda Felbab-Brown

Friday, September 3, 2021

French soldiers of the "Belleface" Desert Tactical Group (GTD) conduct an area control operation in the Gourma region during the Operation Barkhane in Ndaki, Mali, July 27, 2019. Picture taken July 27, 2019. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier

20 years after 9/11, jihadi terrorism rises in Africa

Monday, August 30, 2021

Large stacked container ship leaving the port of Cape Town with Table mountain and the city in the background, South Africa.

Africa in the news: South African economy, energy production, and Nigerian foreign relations updates

Mary Blankenship, Chris Heitzig, and Tamara White

Saturday, August 28, 2021

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What will move Nigerians to shift opinions and demand fuel sector reform?

Adejoke Akinbode, Erin K. Fletcher, Laura Keen, and Iniobong Usen

Results for Development Monday, August 23, 2021

Lagos based entreprenuer Ogechi Egemonu opens the Twitter app on a smart phone at her office in Lagos, Nigeria June 10, 2021. Picture taken June 10, 2021. REUTERS/Seun Sanni

Nigeria’s Twitter ban is a misplaced priority

Mary Blankenship and Christina Golubski

Wednesday, August 11, 2021

FILE PHOTO: South Sudan's First Vice President Riek Machar attends his swearing-in ceremony at the State House in Juba, South Sudan, February 22, 2020. REUTERS/Samir Bol/File Photo

Africa in the news: Politics, security, and wildlife poaching updates

Chris Heitzig, Mary Blankenship, and Tamara White

Saturday, August 7, 2021

A student in a Nigerian classroom raises her hand.

Education in emergency in Nigeria: Creating gender equitable policies so all girls have an uninterrupted right to learn

Edem Dorothy Ossai

Tuesday, July 27, 2021

Nigerian naira notes are seen in this picture illustration March 15, 2016. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde/Illustration/File Photo

Bolstering citizen engagement in Nigeria to combat corruption

Erin K. Fletcher, Laura Keen, and Mario Picon

Results for Development Thursday, July 22, 2021

A relative of one of the missing school girls reacts in Dapchi in the northeastern state of Yobe, after an attack on the village by Boko Haram, Nigeria February 23, 2018. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde

Student kidnappings threaten collapse of Nigerian education system

Adedeji Adeniran and Marco Castradori

Monday, April 19, 2021

Two gas flaring furnaces and a woman walking on sand barriers are reflected in a pool of oil-smeared water at a flow station in Ughelli, Delta State, Nigeria September 17, 2020. Picture taken September 17, 2020. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Figure of the week: COVID’s impacts on the Nigerian extractive sector

Friday, April 16, 2021

A second-hand clothes vendor examines a jean jacket in his shop at the Yaba market, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Lagos, Nigeria March 23, 2020. Picture taken March 23, 2020. REUTERS/Temilade Adelaja

Deepening access to capital for Nigerian MSMEs during a pandemic

Monday, March 8, 2021

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Africa in the news: Ethiopia, Nigeria, and internet control updates

Christina Golubski and Leo Holtz

Saturday, March 6, 2021

Police patrol inside the Government Science school in Kankara, in northwestern Katsina state, Nigeria December 13, 2020. Picture taken December 13, 2020. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde

Rising insecurity in northwest Nigeria: Terrorism thinly disguised as banditry

Oluwole Ojewale

Thursday, February 18, 2021