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People prepare bodies for funeral following a tanker explosion in Majiya town, Nigeria, Wednesday, Oct.16, 2024. ( AP Photo/ Sani Maikatanga)

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Gas tanker explosion kills more than 140 people and injures dozens more in Nigeria
By CHINEDU ASADU - Associated Press
Wed,10/16/24-4:19AM , 124 Reads
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — More than 140 people, including children, were killed in Nigeria when an overturned gasoline tanker truck exploded in flames while they tried to scoop up fuel, emergency services said Wednesday. Dozens more were injured.
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Women and villagers wait to receive food donations from the United Nations World Food Program in Damasak, northeastern Nigeria, Sunday, Oct. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Chinedu Asadu)

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They fled their homes to escape Boko Haram. Now Nigeria is resettling them back despite their fears
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Sat,10/12/24-11:04PM , 57 Reads
DAMASAK, Nigeria (AP) — When Boko Haram launched an insurgency in northeastern Nigeria in 2010, Abdulhameed Salisu packed his bag and fled from his hometown of Damasak in the country's battered Borno state.
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Attacks and diplomatic disputes are hampering oil flows through a China-backed pipeline running from Niger to Benin's coast. (AP Graphic)

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Coup-hit Niger was betting on a China-backed oil pipeline as a lifeline. Then the troubles began
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Sun,06/23/24-12:02AM , 86 Reads
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — A China-backed pipeline that would make Niger an oil-exporting country is being threatened by an internal security crisis and a diplomatic dispute with neighoring Benin, both as a result of
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In several Nigerian communities in the northeastern Gombe state, UNICEF is training thousands of women to boost their families’ nutrient intake. More than a dozen women gathered this week in the village of Poshereng, where they are learning at least 200 recipes they can prepare with crops like cassava, orange-fleshed sweet potato, maize and millet. (AP Video by Dan Ikpoyi)

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The UN says a quarter of the world's children under 5 have severe food poverty. Many are in Africa
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Thu,06/06/24-2:11AM , 104 Reads
KALTUNGO, Nigeria (AP) — The 9-month-old twins cried nonstop and tugged at their mother, seeking attention but also food. They had received little in the past 24 hours, and there were signs of deeper hunger in the heads too big for their tiny bodies.
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