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‘No’ to Homosexuality, ‘Yes’ to Child Marriage in Nigeria

A man was beaten by members of the public in Kotodayo community in Ota in western Nigeria, on August 22, 2013, for allegedly being gay. This came in the wake of a bill passed in the Nigeria’s House of Representative on...

by Ndesanjo Macha

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To Address Trafficking From Nigeria We Need To Work Together To Confront Domestic Violence

Research carried out in partnership by Nigerian and UK organisations shows that anti-trafficking policy needs to address factors that make women vulnerable to exploitation. Beatrice grew up in the south of Nigeria. She was coer...

by Jenny Pennington

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Green, White, Hoax

Nigeria’s size in people or gross GDP will not be sufficient for her to retain the title of ‘Giant of Africa’. Right now, she is dangling from the thin rope that separates giant from Agbaya. Nigeria, in recent history, ha...

by Oluwafunmilayo Oyatogun

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From Here to Timbuktu: The Case for Intervention

Since April this year, rebels – made up of Tuareg separatists and radical Islamists with links to Al-Qaeda – have gained hold of northern Mali. Boosted by the surplus of weapons plundered from Gaddafi’s stashes and the sk...

by David Rutter

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‘No’ to Homosexuality, ‘Yes’ to Child Marriage in Nigeria

To Address Trafficking From Nigeria We Need To Work Together To Confront Domestic Violence

Green, White, Hoax

From Here to Timbuktu: The Case for Intervention

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