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October 09, 2020 | BBC News

Nigeria's Slave Descendants Prevented From Marrying Who They Want

Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani

Slavery was abolished in Nigeria in the early 1900s, but Igbo people who are descended from slaves are still seen as inferior.

June 18, 2019 | BBC News

Face to Face With DR Congo's Deadly Vipers

Hugh Kinsella Cunningham

Amid the swathes of forest that cover the country, and behind the headlines of war and Ebola, the Democratic Republic of Congo is at the forefront of a hidden health crisis.

June 01, 2017 | BBC News

Why I Failed to Catch Canada's Worst Serial Killer

Joanna Jolly

It still haunts Lorimer Shenher that red tape hindered his attempts to question a man who later confessed to nearly 50 murders.