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Details: Written by Michelle Faul, Associated Press; Published: 12 May 2014

The president of Nigeria for weeks refused international help to search for more than 300 girls abducted from a school by Islamic extremists

Details: Written by Haruna Umar, Associated Press; Published: 09 May 2014

Western experts say they are working with government to defeat Boko Haram and end terror campaign

Details: Written by Michelle Faul, Associated Press; Published: 05 May 2014

Nigerian president’s wife has girls advocate jailed

Details: Written by Jason Straziuso, Associated Press; Published: 24 April 2014

UN Security Council condemns ethnic violence in South Sudan in wake of massacre of hundreds in Bentiu

Details: Written by Abdi Guled, Associated Press; Published: 22 April 2014

Two gunmen shot and killed a Somali legislator on Tuesday as he stepped out of his home in the capital, the second fatal attack on a member of parliament in as many days

Details: Written by Darlene Superville, Associated Press; Published: 22 April 2014

The president will visit Oso Tuesday to view damage from the mudslide before going on to Japan for trade talks

Details: Written by Ilya Gridneff and Jason Straziuso Associated Press; Published: 16 January 2014

Portland-based international aid nonprofit Mercy Corps was among groups victimized by armed men in uniform in South Sudan.

Details: Written by Michelle Faul, Associated Press; Published: 15 January 2014

New law makes Nigeria one of the least safe place in the world to be gay.

Details: Written by Tim Sullivan, Associated Press; Published: 19 December 2013

U.S. law enforcement considers invasive strip searches standard procedure. But in other countries, India in particular, they are a profound violation of personal integrity. The dislocate has resulted in an international incident.

Details: Written by George Curry NNPA Chief Correspondent; Published: 16 December 2013

A soldier sheds tears for Nelson Mandela as his funeral casket passes. Photo by George Curry

Nelson Mandela, South Africa’s first democratically elected president, was buried Sunday in the village of his youth, culminating 10 days of national mourning.

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