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FILE - Nigeria's Jahlil Okafor (15), center, celebrates with teammates after making a basket during men's basketball preliminary round game against Italy at the 2020 Summer Olympics, July 31, 2021, in Saitama, Japan. The Nigerian government has made a sudden U-turn and cleared its national basketball teams to return to competition immediately. The sports ministry on Thursday, June 23, 2022 says the decision to lift a ban on the teams playing in international competitions came after an appeal to the government by the Nigerian Basketball Federation. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, file)
Nigerian government allows basketball teams to play again

By Gerald Imray Jun. 23, 2022 11:00 AM EDT

FILE - Nigeria players walk off the court after their loss in the women's basketball preliminary round game against Japan at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Aug. 2, 2021, in Saitama, Japan. FIBA-Nigeria, basketball's world governing body, confirmed Thursday, June 2, 2022, that Nigeria has withdrawn its team from the women's World Cup and warned of "potential disciplinary measures" against the country because of government interference. Nigeria's government announced last month that it was withdrawing all its basketball teams from international competitions for two years while it completely restructures the sport. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)
FIBA warns of possible disciplinary action against Nigeria

By Gerald Imray Jun. 02, 2022 08:17 AM EDT

A man carries his empty oxygen tank to be filled after arriving at the head of the line, in the Villa El Salvador neighborhood of Lima, early Thursday morning, Feb. 18, 2021. A crisis over the supply of medical oxygen for coronavirus patients has struck in Africa and Latin America, where warnings went unheeded at the start of the pandemic and doctors say the shortage has led to unnecessary deaths. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)
Medical oxygen scarce in Africa, Latin America amid virus

By Carley Petesch And Lori Hinnant Feb. 25, 2021 02:23 AM EST

German Chancellor Angela Merkel is seen on a screen, making a statement on the events in Washington with the storming of the Capitol by Trump supporters at the beginning of the digital press conference at the winter retreat of the CSU parliamentary group in the Bundestag, Berlin, Germany, Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021. (Kay Nietfeld/Pool via AP)
World watches US chaos with shock, dismay and some mockery

By Lori Hinnant Jan. 06, 2021 10:35 PM EST

Member state flags fly outside the United Nations headquarters during the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2020. This year's annual gathering of world leaders at U.N. headquarters will be almost entirely "virtual." Leaders have been asked to pre-record their speeches, which will be shown in the General Assembly chamber, where each of the 193 U.N. member nations are allowed to have one diplomat present. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
The Latest: Nigeria urges vaccine to be available to all

By The Associated Press Sep. 22, 2020 10:17 AM EDT

Nigeria declares emergency after rapes triple under lockdown

By Sam Olukoya Jun. 12, 2020 12:22 PM EDT
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Governors across Nigeria have declared a state of emergency over rape and other gender-based violence against women and children as...

A boy wearing a face mask carries a small bowl of "githeri", or mixed beans and maize, for him to eat as he walks past an informational mural warning people about the risk of the new coronavirus, painted by graffiti artists from the Mathare Roots youth group, in the Mathare slum, or informal settlement, of Nairobi, Kenya Saturday, April 18, 2020. Africa now has more than 1,000 deaths from COVID-19, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Saturday, with 52 of the continent's 54 countries having reported cases. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)
Africa deaths above 1,000, including Nigerian chief of staff

By Bashir Adigun And Haruna Umar Apr. 18, 2020 04:32 AM EDT

FILE - In this Friday, Sept. 6, 2019, file photo, vehicles are seen leaving the Gleneagles Hospital in Singapore where former Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe had received medical treatment in the years before his death. The coronavirus pandemic could narrow one gaping inequality in Africa, where some heads of state and other elite jet off to Europe or Asia for health care unavailable in their nations but as global travel restrictions tighten, they might have to take their chances at home. (AP Photo/Danial Hakim, File)
African elite who once sought treatment abroad are grounded

By Cara Anna Apr. 04, 2020 02:59 AM EDT