Naja and Greogory Brown, founders of the Land of Kush. (Courtesy photo) By Michelle Richardson AFRO Arts & Entertainment Writer Maryland’s first-ever Restaurant Week kicked off last week and there is one restaurant participating that has set out to change minds and capture taste buds. The Land of Kush, Baltimore’s only vegan-soul food restaurant is […]
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Bring Back Our Girls’ Group to Nigeria Government: Obtain Release of the Chibok Girls
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Nigeria’s government must speedily negotiate the release of 195 kidnapped Chibok schoolgirls held by Boko Haram Islamic extremists for nearly three years, the Bring Back Our Girls group said Tuesday. FILE – In this Thursday, Oct. 13, 2016 file photo released by the Nigeria State House, Chibok school girls recently freed from […]
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Nigeria’s President: Boko Haram is Crushed, Forced Out of Last Enclave
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — The Boko Haram extremist group has finally been crushed — driven from its last forest enclave with fighters on the run and no place to hide, Nigeria’s president declared Saturday. FILE – In this Wednesday April 8, 2015 file photo, Nigerian soldiers man a checkpoint in Gwoza, Nigeria. The Boko Haram […]
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Street Dancing as UK Court Orders Nigerian Governor Freed
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — People danced in the streets in southern Nigeria on Wednesday, celebrating news that a British court has ordered the release of a former governor convicted of stealing more than $70 million from Nigeria’s treasury. People sing and dance in Lagos, Nigeria, Friday. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba) James Ibori, governor of oil-rich Delta […]
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Revenge Against Nigeria’s Military Leads Some to Boko Haram
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — The desire for revenge against Nigeria’s heavy-handed military is a leading reason that people join the Boko Haram Islamic extremist group, according to a new study published Monday. Nearly 60 percent of 119 former Boko Haram fighters interviewed in rehabilitation camps in the country’s northeast cited revenge against the military as […]
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75,000 Children Could Starve to Death in Nigeria after Boko Haram: UN
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — As many as 75,000 children will die over the next year in famine-like conditions created by Boko Haram if donors don’t respond quickly, the U.N. Children’s Fund is warning. That’s far more than the 20,000 people killed in the seven-year Islamic uprising. FILE- In this Monday, Aug. 29, 2016, file photo, […]
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Nigerian Military: Some Officers Selling Arms to Boko Haram
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria’s military says some officers are selling arms and ammunition to Boko Haram, indicating the corruption bedeviling the country’s fight against the Islamic extremists continues despite government efforts to halt graft. The admission comes three weeks after the Nigerian army said a military tribunal is trying 16 officers and troops accused […]
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Nigeria: Air Raid ‘Fatally Wounds’ Boko Haram Leader
Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria’s military said Tuesday it believes an airstrike has “fatally wounded” Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau, but there was no way to confirm yet another claim of the death of Nigeria’s Islamic extremist leader. In this Monday May 12, 2014 file photo taken from video by Nigeria’s Boko Haram terrorist network, shows […]
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Mother’s Plea: Swap Captive Girls for Boko Haram Militants
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — The mother of a kidnapped Chibok schoolgirl appealed Monday for Nigeria’s president to free detained Boko Haram militants in exchange for the more than 200 girls held captive, as the Islamic extremists have offered. This undated image taken from video distributed Sunday, Aug. 14, 2016, shows an alleged Boko Haram soldier […]
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Romance Novellas by Women in Nigeria Challenge Traditions
KANO, Nigeria (AP) — Nestled among vegetables, plastic kettles and hand-dyed fabric in market stalls are the signs of a feminist revolution: Piles of poorly printed books by women that advocate forcefully against conservative Muslim traditions such as child marriage and quick divorce. In this photo taken Sunday April, 3. 2016, Suleiman Maharazu, centre, the […]
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14 Yr.-Old Nigerian Girl among Thousands of Divorced Children
Maimuna Abdullahi (l), and her former husband Mohammadu Saidu. KADUNA, Nigeria (AP) — By the time she ran away, Maimuna bore the scars of a short but brutal marriage. Her face swelled so much from her husband’s beating that doctors feared he had dislocated her jaw. Her back and arms bristled with angry welts where […]
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Nigerian Defense Chief Says Abducted Girls Located
(Updated 5/26/2014) ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria’s military has located nearly 300 school girls abducted by Islamic extremists but fears using force to try to free them could get them killed, the country’s chief of defense said Monday. Air Marshal Alex Badeh told demonstrators supporting the much criticized military that Nigerian troops can save the […]