Mallam Sidi: Inside the rehab of repentant Boko Haram members
On the morning of September 6, a 78-year-old man climbed aboard a green-white-green “Borno State Government Free School Bus”.
Alkali Musa Kukawa is returning home...
Podcast: ‘Absolutely Unacceptable’ COVID-19 Vaccination Rates in Developing Countries
"The situation that we see right now is absolutely unacceptable, because a large part of the world remains unvaccinated and this is a danger...
The global recovery is bypassing the poorest countries
By Indermit Gill &Akihiko Nishio
The global economy is booming—or so it might seem.
Global growth is surging again, only a year after COVID-19 triggered the...
88 million people have slipped into extreme poverty
Time to go big: Promoting an equitable economic recovery
Gunmen attack Benue IDP camp, kill 6
Gunmen early hours of Tuesday killed six people in an attack on a camp for internally displaced people in Abagena, along Makurdi-Lafia highway in...
Japan, AfDB sign $668m loan agreement for investment, industrial development
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and the African Development Fund (ADF) – the concessional arm of the African Development Bank Group – on...
UN “horrified” at Boko Haram killing of 5 aid workers
The United Nations says it is “utterly shocked and horrified” by the killing of five aid workers kidnapped on Maiduguri-Mungonu road in Borno last...
Harnessing Africa’s youth workforce could speed up post-Covid-19 recovery
West Africa’s burgeoning youth population offers a strategic workforce which can be harnessed for employment and economic growth, despite a COVID-19 pandemic that is...
AfDB joins Nasdaq Sustainable Bond Network
Nasdaq on Wednesday announced the inclusion of the African Development Bank, one of the world’s largest issuers of social bonds, in the Nasdaq Sustainable Bond Network (NSBN).
UN condemns attacks on Borno civilians, humanitarian hub
The Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria, Edward Kallon, has condemned the violent attacks by non-state armed groups in Monguno and Nganzai local government areas of...
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