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U.S. First lady Michelle Obama addresses the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

In Nigeria, ‘it’s unanimous’ — Michelle Obama for POTUS

Global Politics

Today in Lagos, this Nigerian’s Twitter feed is full of tweets about America’s first lady.

Protesters in Lagos demanding the release of abducted teenage school girls from the remote Nigerian village of Chibok.

How the abduction of more than 200 teenage girls is uniting Nigerian Christians and Muslims

Conflict & Justice
Protesters in Lagos demanding the release of abducted teenage school girls from the remote Nigerian village of Chibok.

How the abduction of more than 200 teenage girls is uniting Nigerian Christians and Muslims

Conflict & Justice
A man weeps with parents of kidnapped school girls abducted by Islamist militants. Some 230 girls are still missing, a much higher figure than authorities originally said had been kidnapped.

Nigerians fear kidnapped school girls have been taken abroad

Conflict & Justice
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