LAGOS, Nigeria — The Nigerian village that suffered one of the world’s worst recorded incidents of lead poisoning is now habitable and doctors can start treating more than 1,000 contaminated children, ...

Prof Esther Koi Tirima was the Vice Chancellor of Cavendish University Uganda before she accepted the position of regional director position for GEMS Africa Institutes of Teacher Training in East ...

She was a force of nature. Terri Grzebielski would sing next to Simba Tirima on stage, along with the rest of the 14 or so members of the Afrobeat band Exceptional Africans, and people couldn't help ...

LAGOS, Nigeria — The Nigerian village that suffered one of the world’s worst recorded incidents of lead poisoning is now habitable, and doctors can start treating more than 1,000 contaminated children ...

At least 60 people were kidnapped from a remote area in Nigeria’s northwestern Zamfara state this week, according to residents who told Reuters news agency that those taken were mostly women.

The poisoning caused by artisanal mining from a gold rush killed at least 400 children, yet villagers still say they would rather die of lead poisoning than poverty, environmental scientist Simba ...