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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Rights groups say violent crackdown on opposition has marred election process
UN official last week warned of genocide in ongoing civil war
Closure of the world’s largest refugee camp delayed on humanitarian grounds
Human rights groups fear consequences of ethnic repression, dangerous rhetoric, and isolation from the international community
Shiites say police planned to attack them; a larger crisis is feared
Ongoing dispute over elections has raised fears of another civil war
Majority of the Parliament says corruption allegations are false
