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Blind singer goes from streets to stardom in north Nigeria | AFP

Yahaya Usman, known by his stage name “Yahaya Mahako” (Mahako means blind in Hausa), went from being a beggar to a famous singer in northern Nigeria. After losing his sight to measles when he was 3, he was sent away from his village and was told street begging was his only means to survive. He discovered his talent for singing on the street but faced years of discrimination, until he met a wealthy man who helped him achieve his dream.

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A round up of news and features | AFP

This week on Africa Weekly we head to Lesotho where a plan to make it legal to grow medical marijuana has pushed out small scale farmers and led to drug smuggling. Then we move to Nigeria, where more than 14,000 young Nigerians who went looking for a better life abroad have been repatriated since 2017 and have struggled to reintegrate upon their return.

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Nigerian police rescue hundreds from another ‘torture house’ Koranic school | AFP

Police in northern Nigeria rescue over 300 young men from an Islamic boarding school where they were chained and sexually abused, the second such operation in a month. The raid comes after some students escaped the school on Sunday and revealed the barbaric conditions they were living in

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Twinning celebrated in Igbo Ora, Nigeria’s ‘twins capital’ | AFP

With the highest concentration of twins in Nigeria, Igbo Ora is the nation’s self-proclaimed twin capital. According to popular belief, this is due to the diet of the women of the region, and in particular “ilasa”, a dish made from yam and gombola leaf soup. For the second time in its history, the city is organizing the “World Twins Festival”, where twins from Igbo Ora and elsewhere gather to celebrate their existence.

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Over 300 abused students freed from Nigerian ‘Islamic school’ | AFP

In Kaduna, Nigeria, a police commissioner says that children freed from a purported ‘Islamic school’ had been ‘dehumanised’. Police say more than 300 male students were rescued, many of whom had been tortured and sexually abused.

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A round up of news and features | AFP

This week on Africa Weekly we head to Nigeria, where 100 elephants living in the Omo Forest are under threat from deforestation. Then we head to Nairobi’s National museum where the bone structure of a previously unknown prehistoric carnivore has been rediscovered in the bowels of the museum – a long-forgotten discovery in this treasure trove of a museum.

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Nigerian migrants struggle to reintegrate after Libya ordeal | AFP

Since 2017, more than 14,000 young Nigerians have returned from Libya under a United Nations voluntary repatriation programme. Many spend months, even years stranded in Libya, sold as slaves by their smugglers. But once back home in Nigeria, life is even more difficult than before: saddled with debt, struggling to find work, broken by their treatment at the hands of the traffickers and by their failed dreams.

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Demonstrators clash with police near South African businesses in Nigeria | AFP

More than a hundred demonstrators clash with police near a South African-owned supermarket in the Nigerian capital as resentment simmers over attacks on foreign-owned shops in South Africa.

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Africa Weekly – a round up of news and features | AFP

This week on Africa Weekly, we focus on Nigeria, still straining beneath the weight of a 10 year conflict with Boko Haram that shows no sign of abating, and we take you to Kenya, which has been making strides with its anti-doping campaign aimed at reducing the number of athletes using performance-enhancing drugs.FOR SUBSCRIBERS OF AFRICA WEEKLY ONLY

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Boko Haram: 10 years of conflict and still no respite for the displaced Nigerians | AFP

In Nigeria, attacks by the militant Islamist movement Boko Haram have forced millions to flee their homes. The continuous stream of displaced people fill the camps and the slums of Maiduguri – an unstable situation that has already dragged on for a decade.

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Boko Haram: 10 years of conflict and still no respite for the displaced Nigerians | AFP

In Nigeria, attacks by the militant Islamist movement Boko Haram have forced millions to flee their homes. The continuous stream of displaced people fill the camps and the slums of Maiduguri – an unstable situation that has already dragged on for a decade. A VOICED AFPTV REPORT.

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Africa Weekly – a round up of news and features | AFP

This week on Africa Weekly we head to Nigeria where Nomadic schools are bringing education to the Fulani people. Then we make our way to Senegal, where second hand clothes from France are being given a new lease of life. But first let’s take a look at the stories that made the headlines this week. Africa Weekly – a round up of news and features

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Relatives of victims ‘in shock’ after Nigeria ambush | AFP

The relatives of the victims of an ambush by suspected jihadists on a humanitarian convoy in northeast Nigeria’s Borno state are “in shock”. Six people went missing and one driver was killed during the ambush on July 19, according to aid group Action Against Hunger.

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Africa Weekly – a round up of news and features | AFP

This week on Africa Weekly we head to Nigeria, where the fulani herder community work across borders to supply the country’s booming red meat market. And then we head to one of the most polluted areas in the world – the South African Highveld, a region where hundreds of people die prematurely from health issues. Africa Weekly – a round up of news and features

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AFCON: Algerian fans clash with police in Marseille | AFP

Algerian football fans and police clash in Marseille after their team win the Africa Cup of Nations semi-final showdown against Nigeria. IMAGES

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Africa Weekly – a round up of news and features | AFP

This week on Africa Weekly we head to Nigeria, where people are disagreeing over the legacy of a 19th century Fulani Muslim ruler and then we head to Madagascar, which has begun producing African Caviar. Africa Weekly – a round up of news and features

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AFCON-2019: Algeria fans in Lyon celebrate beating Ivory Coast | AFP

Algerian football fans celebrate in Lyon after their team defeated the Ivory Coast 4-3 on penalties in Suez and set up a semi-final showdown with Nigeria.

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Elephants: endangered gentle giants outside Nigeria’s megacity | AFP

Just 100 kilometres (60 miles) from downtown Lagos, Omo Forest is home to an estimated 100 forest elephants, shy relatives of their larger savannah cousins. But the survival of this rare species is hanging in the balance, threatened by rampant deforestation in their natural habitat.

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Nigeria : injured people wait for treatment at Bishop Murray Hospital | AFP

People injured when a petrol tanker crashed off the road and exploded are waiting for treatment at Bishop Murray Hospital in Makurdi. IMAGES

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