Nigeria

The continent of Africa is on the frontline of the climate emergency, but all too often it has the quietest voice at the table when pressing for global changes. 

Now despite the strides towards equality around the world, homosexuality remains a crime in some 69 countries, almost half of them in Africa. 

We spoke to Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden, and began by asking him whether the stolen Benin Bronzes should be owned by Nigeria.

To Nigerians, the Benin Bronzes are more than just sublime sculptures and carvings, they are spiritual diaries that tell the story of an ancient kingdom.

He’s become one of the biggest names in Afropop with a huge following across Africa. Nigerian superstar Rema  is now making political waves. His latest song Peace of Mind reflects on a difficult year for the world, and for his homeland, especially the popular movement that’s taken to the streets.

An undercover investigation by Channel 4 News reveals how Cambridge Analytica secretly campaigns in elections across the world. Bosses were filmed talking about using bribes, ex-spies, fake IDs and sex workers.

Three years after they were snatched from their school in Chibok, northern Nigeria, 82 girls have been freed by Boko Haram islamist militants. Over 100 girls remain missing.

It’s a sound and a style that is changing western music. Afrobeats – the fusion of African and international pop music is helping secure some of West Africa’s brightest stars a global audience.

Up to 20 million people are at risk from famine in parts of the Middle East and Africa: the world stands at a critical moment in history.

At least 160 people have been killed in Nigeria when the roof of a church collapsed. It caved in as hundreds of worshippers were watching the consecration of a new bishop in the city of Uyo.

Interviews with Dr Fatima Akilu, who runs the Neem Foundation in North East Nigeria, and author Edna O’Brien, who just spent a month in Nigeria and saw first hand the devastation caused by Boko Haram.

In 2014, Boko Haram kidnapped more than 200 schoolgirls from the town of Chibok. Most of them have still not been found and the abductions have continued. Our Chief Correspondent Alex Thomson has visited a camp in Maiduguri, where Unicef has helped support some of those abducted.  

It is the richest and most populous country in Africa, but parts of Nigeria are lurching towards a man-made famine. As the Nigerian army drives out the Islamists of Boko Haram from the north-east of the country, it is uncovering the scale of destruction they have left behind.

A second girl, who was among more than 200 schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram in a raid on their school in Nigeria, has been rescued, according to the army.