Nigeria
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West African ‘single currency’ nears launch
Speed Read The 15-nation Economic Community of West African States has been planning a single currency since 2000
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Why Prince Charles has pulled out of final leg of Africa tour
Speed Read The Royal’s visit to Nigerian city of Jos has been scrapped amid security fears
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World Cup group D: Marcos Rojo volleys Argentina into the last-16
Speed Read Group D final standings and results
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Africa’s space race intensifies
Speed Read Moon landings ‘still a long way off’ but Nigeria and South Africa leading the way in space technology
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Dapchi kidnapping: Nigerian schoolgirls returned by Boko Haram
Speed Read More than 90 of the abducted girls released by militant group after negotiations with government
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UK to pay for new £700,000 prison wing in Nigeria
Speed Read Government pledges funding to enable transfer of prisoners from British jails
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Nigeria school kidnapping: more than 100 girls missing in Dapchi
Speed Read President apologises over mistaken claims of rescue following suspected Boko Haram attack
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Couple wed week after meeting on Facebook
In Depth Chidimma Amedu asked potential wives to ‘send in your applications’ - and she did
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Nigerian university calls in snake charmers after student death
Speed Read Economics student Zainab Umar died following reports of numerous reptiles on campus
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82 Chibok schoolgirls freed in exchange for five Boko Haram leaders
Speed Read Kidnapped girls released after 'lengthy negotiations' between Nigerian government and radical Islamist group
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Chibok schoolgirl kidnap: Three years on
In Depth After the clamour of #BringBackOurGirls, at least 195 young women are still held hostage by Boko Haram
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East Africa hunger crisis: Mo Farah backs UK charity appeal
In Depth Olympian tells Britons to 'act now' and help millions facing starvation
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Plastic 'rice' confiscated in Nigeria
Speed Read Counterfeit food floods markets after price of a bag more than doubles in a year
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Nigeria famine puts lives of 75,000 children at risk, says UN
Speed Read Millions of people are struggling to cope after Boko Haram laid waste to the north east of the country
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