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: Sudan prepares to transition to a civilian-led government, a 6.8-magnitude earthquake rocks Ecuador, and an American missionary kidnapped by ISIS in 2016 is released in Niger.
Plus: China’s Congress wraps up its annual meeting, protesters in Italy demand safer routes for immigration in response to recent smuggler shipwrecks, Lebanese currency hits a record low during the nation’s ongoing financial crisis, and Iraq bans the import and sale of alcohol
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
