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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Continued conflict between the country’s factions heaps misery on war-weary residents
Health officials in the DRC begin massive vaccination campaign to keep the disease from becoming an epidemic
Major insurer becomes third to pull out of healthcare exchanges over major financial losses
UN peacekeepers and the U.S. Embassy failed to intervene during the targeted attack
Terror group offers to exchange about 50 of the kidnapped girls for militants detained by the Nigerian government
Two new cases surface in areas once under the terror group’s control
Conservative lawmakers urge the Obama administration to take a stand on universal human rights
The UN warns of food shortages in Boko Haram-hit region
Violent crackdown on opposition sparks fears over the country’s stability