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Recently freed School girls from the Government Girls Science and Technical College Dapchi, during a meeting with Nigeria President, Muhammadu Buhari, at the Presidential palace in Abuja, Nigeria, Friday, March 23, 2018. Nigeria's president welcomed to his official residence more than 100 girls who were released by Boko Haram Wednesday after being kidnapped last month.(AP Photo/Azeez Akunleyan) ** FILE **

Boko Haram attack kills 15, wounds 83 in northern Nigeria

By Haruna Umar and Ismail Alfa Abdulrahim - Associated Press

Students from the Government Science and Technical School in Dapchi, Nigeria, worry about kidnappings. (Ali Abare Ábubakar/Special to The Washington Times)

Boko Haram schoolgirl kidnappings undercut Nigerian president’s claims of demise

By Ali Abare Abubakar - Special to The Washington Times

This image taken from video on Thursday Feb. 22, 2018, shows the exterior of Government Girls Science and Technical College in Dapchi, Nigeria. Nigeria's security forces failed to respond to several warnings that suspected Boko Haram extremists were on their way to a town where 110 schoolgirls were abducted last month, rights group Amnesty International said Tuesday March 20, 2018. (AP Photo, File)

Boko Haram returns Nigerian kidnapped schoolgirls, witnesses say

By Haruna Umar and Ismail Alfa Abdulrahim - Associated Press

This image taken from video shows the exterior of Government Girls Science and Tech College in Dapchi, Yobe State, Nigeria on Thursday Feb. 22, 2018. As a painful debate about school safety rages in the U.S., President Donald Trump’s proposal to put more guns in schools carries echoes of the questions being asked in the northeast Nigeria. Determined to do something, the government has deployed armed guards to schools as parents debate the merits of giving guns to teachers themselves. (AP Photo)

US and Nigeria see painful parallels in school safety debate

By JOSH LEDERMAN and HARUNA UMAR - Associated Press

People watch a TV screen showing North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and U.S. President Donald Trump, left, at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, March 9, 2018. After months of trading insults and threats of nuclear annihilation, Trump agreed to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jung Un by the end of May to negotiate an end to Pyongyang's nuclear weapons program, South Korean and U.S. officials said Thursday. No sitting American president has ever met with a North Korea leader. The signs read: &quot; Kim Jong Un understands that the routine joint military exercises between the South Korean and the United States must continue.&quot; (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

NK faces no more conditions for talks but yet to contact US

By MARK SHERMAN and JOSH LEDERMAN - Associated Press

Illustration contrasting the fictional nation of Wakanda, home of the Black Panther, with the tragic realities of present day Africa by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Black lives in Africa

By Clifford D. May

Driver Seun Adigun, right, and Akuoma Omeoga of Nigeria finish their second heat during the women's two-man bobsled competition at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2018. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

Nigeria savors its Olympic bobsled debut moment

By Tim Reynolds - Associated Press

UCA basketball player adjusts life after medical mystery

By BROOKS KUBENA - Associated Press

Leicester forward Ahmed Musa returns to CSKA Moscow on loan

Associated Press

In this Monday, Jan.15, 2018, photo, Borno State Gov. Kashim Shettima, second right, speaks with people freed by Nigeria Army, in Maiduguri Nigeria. Nigeria's army released 244 Boko Haram suspects who have denounced their membership of the deadly extremist group, Nigerian army officials said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Jossy Ola)

Nigerian army releases 244 suspects who denounced Boko Haram

By HARUNA UMAR - Associated Press

Texas couple ordered to pay enslaved nanny $121,000

Associated Press

"After Anambra 2017, in 2019, there'll be no elections on Biafra land," said Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra. (By Mahmud Isa/Special to The Washington Times)

In Nigeria, Igbo people crave own nation as tensions rise

By Ali Abare Abubakar — The Washington Times

Baby dies after months in hospital, dad may be in Nigeria

Associated Press

On Monday, Oct. 23, 2017, Cornelius Adewale has won the Bullitt Foundation's environmental prize for 2017 for his leadership role in developing an app and web tool that can measure a farm's carbon footprint and help farmers reduce the impact of that footprint. Adewale came to WSU from Nigeria, where he ran an organic farm. Nigeria is grappling with climate change issues and something like 30 percent of the population works in agriculture, and he'll be returning home when he finishes his degree, so the tool could be important toward lowering Nigeria's carbon footprint (and of course it can be used anywhere). (Greg Gilbert/The Seattle Times via AP)

Nigerian Ph.D. student wins $100K environmental prize

By KATHERINE LONG - Associated Press

Illustration on Nigerian terrorism by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Nigeria terrorism must be labeled for what it is

By Lai Mohammed

Trials begin for more than 1,600 Boko Haram suspects

By SAM OLUKOYA - Associated Press

President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria addresses the 72nd session of the United Nations General Assembly, at U.N. headquarters, Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2017. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

U.N.-Nigeria stance on Biafrans

By Bruce Fein

Cholera outbreak in northern Nigeria kills at least 23: UN

Associated Press

Africa champion Cameroon misses out on World Cup

By GERALD IMRAY - Associated Press

Illustration on international aid to Africa by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Africa population explosion may imperil continent

By Dan Negrea