In its preparation for great power competition, the US military is modernizing its artificial intelligence and machine learning techniques and testing them in West Africa. (By: Scott Timcke, Africa is a Country) — One striking ...
The countries included in Trump’s extended travel ban include Nigeria, Eritrea, Burma, Kyrgyzstan, Tanzania and Sudan. The White House announced on Saturday that six new countries would be added to the list of those whose ...
Four widows of Nigerian activists are suing Shell for their complicity with the Nigerian Military in the execution of their husbands in 1995. In 1958, Shell discovered oil fields in the southern part of Nigeria ...
If found guilty, top executives in two big oil companies could go to jail and the companies risk enormous penalties, including relinquishing an oil-rich region. In what is now one of the biggest corporate corruption ...
The outbreak of Lassa fever in Nigeria is described by researchers as the worst outbreak of its kind in history, having killed more people than all previous reported cases combined. More than 78 people have died ...
“He is the man with the golden touch. Everything he touches turns to gold.” Adebola Williams is the “he” every politician in Africa is talking about. These are the words of President Nana Akufo-Addo of ...
Kidnapped Boko Haram girls are given a choice: get married or go on a “mission” and most never make it back from the mission. The outlawed insurgent group, Boko Haram, has changed its modus operandi ...
In April 2014, the world woke up to the news that Boko Haram, an Islamic extremist group in Nigeria had been kidnapped 276 school girls. It was horrifying, shocking and outrageous. There was a global ...