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Illustration on Muslim oppression of women in Africa by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

MAY: Africa’s real war on women

By Clifford D. May

Flowers from the Netherlands decorate St. Peter's Square as Pope Francis arrives to celebrate an Easter Mass in St. Peter's Square at the the Vatican, Sunday, April 20, 2014. Francis is celebrating Christianity's most joyous day, Easter Sunday, under sunny skies in St. Peter's. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Pope Francis, huge crowd joyously celebrate Easter

By Frances D'Emilio - Associated Press

FILE - In this Friday Feb. 14, 2014 file photo, anointing water is photographed in Johannesburg, South Africa. T.B. Joshua's Synagogue, Church of All Nations has branches around the world, and a recent YouTube video even credits him with predicting the disappearance of Malaysian Airlines Flight MH370. Joshua is one of the best-known preachers in Africa and among the most profitable in Nigeria, the go-to faith healer and spiritual guide for leaders such as the late Ghanaian president John Atta Mills, Malawian president Joyce Banda and former Zimbabwean prime minister Morgan Tsvangirai. The man who says he comes from the poor village of Arigidi is worth between $10 and $15 million based on assets, according to Forbes magazine, which in 2011 estimated his personal wealth. The church holds some 15,000 people with outside tents for the overflow and Sunday services are beamed worldwide. Yet critics say this wildly popular televangelist hinders efforts to curtail the spread of HIV and tuberculosis with testimonies by church-goers that faith and his holy water can cure both. He is also accused of taking advantage of his followers and tightly controlling those closest to him, who call him &quot;Daddy.&quot;(AP Photo/Carley Petesch, file)

Nigeria preacher: Healer or controversial leader?

By CARLEY PETESCH - Associated Press

Damaged buses are seen at the scene of an explosion at a bus park in Abuja, Nigeria, Monday, April. 14, 2014. Suspected Islamic militants struck at the heart of Nigeria with a massive rush-hour explosion at a bus station Monday that killed 71, with the toll expected to rise in the deadliest attack yet on the nation&#8217;s capital. (AP Photo/ Sunday Alamba)

Police: Blast in Nigerian capital kills 71

By Bashir Adigun and Michelle Faul - Associated Press

People gather at the site of a blast at the Nyanya Motor Park, about 16 kilometers (10 miles) from the center of Abuja, Nigeria, Monday, April 14, 2014. An explosion blasted through a busy commuter bus station on the outskirts of Abuja before 7 a.m. (0600 GMT) Monday as hundreds of people were traveling to work. (AP Photo/Gbemiga Olamikan)

Blast kills 71 in Nigerian capital: Police

Associated Press

In this photo taken Thursday, March 27, 2014, cars queue at a petrol station in Lagos, Nigeria, as fuel shortages force people to queue for long periods and even sleep in their cars as they wait for their turn at the pump. For weeks, Nigeria, west Africa's biggest petroleum producer, has been dogged by yet another fuel shortage, with no diesel to run generators, fuel for cooking or petrol for cars. (AP Photo/ Sunday Alamba)

Nigeria overtakes South Africa as continent’s biggest economy

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

Prince Adetokunbo Sijuwade, whose family holds royal status in a vital corner of southern Nigeria, said "The Obama administration has to focus more on Nigeria. We feel that we can learn from the U.S. in terms of expertise." (Lloyd Villas/The Washington Times)

Nigerian prince says China is winning with investment push in largest African economy

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

In this photo taken Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2014, Constitutional Court Judge Edwin Cameron is photographed inside the Constitutional Court In Johannesburg. In his published book “Justice: A Personal Account,” Cameron traces the hardship of his early life. Through a top education, he discovered the law as a way to repair a racially torn society and his own life, as well as the 1986 discovery that he was HIV positive.(AP Photo/Madelene Cronjé) SOUTH AFRICA OUT

South African judge opens up

By CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA - Associated Press

In this photo taken Wednesday, Sept, 18. 2013, Nollywood actors perform a scene in Lagos, Nigeria. A 15-second drum roll and the title of the film, “Deceptive Heart,” comes crashing onto the screen in a groovy 1970s font. Less than 10 minutes into the Nollywood movie, the heart of plot is revealed: A woman has two boyfriends and doesn’t know what to do. The story moves as quickly as the film appears to have been shot. Some scenes are shaky, with cameras clearly in need of a tripod, and musical montages are often filled with pans of the same building. Most Nollywood movies are made in less than 10 days and cost about $25,000. (AP Photo/ Sunday Alamba)

Nigeria’s Nollywood: most prolific movie machine

By HEATHER MURDOCK - Associated Press

Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

BANDOW: Unlocking prosperity in a corrupt Nigeria

By Doug Bandow

21 killed in shooting at Nigeria State Security HQ

By BASHIR ADIGUN - Associated Press

In this Saturday, Feb, 22. 2014 photo released by National Emergency Management Agency, (NEMA), displaced people receive relief aid, in Maiduguri, Nigeria. Living in fear and hunger, some quarter million Nigerians forced from their homes this year by an Islamic uprising are surviving in the bush, overcrowded with relatives and friends or in squalid camps where 500 share one latrine, a new report says. The National Emergency Management Agency describes dire conditions for people already traumatized by the loss of loved ones, belongings, homes and livelihoods in northeast Nigeria. In all, more than 3 million people &#8212; a third of the population &#8212; are suffering from the insurgency that has killed thousands and driven tens of thousands of farmers from their land, the agency said in the first report on the humanitarian plight created by the insurgency in Nigeria. It was made available to The Associated Press on Thursday, March 27, 2014. (AP Photo/ NEMA)

Islamic uprising in Nigeria causes 3 million to suffer

Associated Press

Pa. man seeing first winter doesn’t want it to end

By BRANDIE KESSLER - Associated Press

Attacks on Christian villages in Nigeria leave 100 dead

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

Suspected extremists attack northern Nigeria city

By HARUNA UMAR and MICHELLE FAUL - Associated Press

CORRECTS THE SPELLING OF KLINSMANN - Germans' Juergen Klinsmann, coach of the U.S. soccer team, is seen during an international friendly match against Ukraine at Antonis Papadopoulos stadium in southern city of Larnaca, Cyprus, Wednesday, March 5, 2014. The Ukrainians are to face the United States in a friendly on Wednesday in Cyprus, a match moved from Kharkiv to Larnaca for security reasons. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)

US hosts Azerbaijan, Turkey, Nigeria in warmups

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Boko Haram has destroyed hundreds of vehicles during a terror spree in Bama, Nigeria. The Islamic extremists in Nigeria's northeast also killed 115 people and razed more than 1,500 buildings. (Associated Press)

Spread of brutal Nigerian terrorist group Boko Haram alarms U.S.

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times