Onize is WORLD’s Africa reporter and deputy global desk chief. She is a World Journalism Institute graduate and earned a journalism degree from Minnesota State University–Moorhead. Onize resides in Abuja, Nigeria.
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Plus: A fire in a refugee camp in Bangladesh leaves thousands without shelter, floods in Malaysia displace tens of thousands, and French protesters continue to strike in opposition to pension law changes.
The new president-elect of Africa’s most populous nation contends with disputes over poll and other crises
Migrants shipwreck on Italy’s coast, protestors in Mexico condemn changes to election laws, and a rare event of kidnapping in Papua New Guinea
Onize Ohikere observes long lines, scattered conflicts, and hope at the polls
The struggling power grid in South Africa is keeping millions of people in the dark
Plus: Flooding in Brazil, protests in Bangladesh, and human trafficking in Bulgaria
Plus: a power crisis in South Africa, and a bishop in Nicaragua receives a prison sentence
The blockade leaves residents without essential services
