Ethiopia’s Chinese-built railroad to the sea
The sleek, white train glides through the hilly Ethiopian countryside, the first to travel this route in nearly a decade. The contrast is stark as the
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Inside Saudi slaughter house
It was a sunny Tuesday in Mina, Saudi Arabia where most of the Hajj rites are conducted. It was under a blistering sun at over forty degrees Celsius w
Baby trafficking thrives in Nigeria despite recession
* Women duped into handing their babies to traffickers * Men paid to be "studs" to get women pregnant to meet baby orders * Authorities stru
Agony of the cripples
The male cripples sit in small groups in the expansive frontage of the palace, a few of them repairing bicycles, making sandals and doing other
The look of Tafawa Balewa Square, 56 years after
Nigeria’s Independence Day on October 1, is always nostalgic as the young and the old, male and female ponder on the significance of the day and