Pakistan: How one girl overcame the armed men who blocked her school
For years, armed men surrounded a girls’ school in a village in Pakistan’s Balochistan province, to prevent the girls going inside. But one eventually made it to university and is now training to become a journalist. She told the story of her struggle to the BBC’s Shumaila Jaffrey. “I spent my childhood in fear,” says Naeema Zehri, a student More...
Nupe Day and its prospects to the diaspora
From Yakubu Mustapha, Minna Nupe Foundation (Ninibo Nupe) is a socio-cultural organization of Nupe-speaking people of Niger, Kwara, Kogi States and the FCT as well as the diasporas with its headquarters in Bida. The More...
NDPHC: Lighting Up Nigeria Under Buhari (2015-2019)
As President Muhammadu Buhari starts his second term in office, our correspondent, Abubakar Ibrahim reviews the President’s performance in the Power Sector in last four years via a focus on the activities of the More...
Tory leadership: Who gets to choose the UK’s next prime minister?
Conservative MPs may have whittled the contenders in the leadership race down to the final two – but it will not be politicians who will decide who gets to be the next prime minister. Instead it will be the More...
The people fighting pollution with plastic-free periods
Talking about periods openly can be difficult, and discussing menstrual waste can be even harder. While the fight against single-use plastics like straws and shopping bags has become a mainstream issue, activists More...
Boeing and the battle over blame
By Theo Leggett and Simon Browning Standing in a muddy field on the edge of a small farm to the south of the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa, it’s difficult to imagine that 157 men, women and children lost their More...
The day Trump ran for president (and what people predicted)
By Roland Hughes & Joshua Nevett BBC News When Donald Trump descended the golden escalator to announce his run for president, none in the sceptical media pack below could have imagined he would win. It was on More...
Economic relations between Turkey and Africa: Challenges and prospects
BY Charles Onunaiju African affairs occupied a secondary status in Turkish foreign policy until very recently. However, following the adoption of the Action Plan for Opening up to Africa in the late 1990s, Turkish More...
Second term: Opposition political parties set agenda for Buhari
By Ikechukwu Okaforadi As President Muhammdu Buhari took oath of office on Wednesday for a fresh tenure of four years, leaders of political parties have set agenda for the new government, specifically outlining More...
10 Things Buhari Will Have to Deal With in 2nd Term
By Paul Wallace Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari officially begins his second and final term on Wednesday following his re-election in February. Despite his large winning margin, the next four years won’t More...