Nigerians have called for urgent reforms to the healthcare sector after the death of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s 21-month-old son prompted an outpouring of grief and accounts of negligence and inadequate …
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‘A palette unlike anything in the west’: Ben Okri, Yinka Shonibare and more on how Nigerian art revived Britain’s cultural landscape
Some primal energy was unleashed among Nigerian artists in the years leading up to independence. The century-long reign of colonialism was nearing its end and the people of Nigeria, with …
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Airstrikes, banditry, drones and a ban on girls’ education: four teachers on educating students amid conflict
Lebanon: ‘They would shake, cry and move away from the windows’ Mohamad El Dirany, 24 I had just started teaching at a school in the Bekaa valley when war broke …
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High-risk HIV groups facing record levels of criminalisation as countries bring in draconian laws
People at higher risk of HIV, such as gay men and people who inject drugs, are facing record levels of criminalisation worldwide, according to UNAids. For the first time since …


