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February 10 2018, 08:00
Balaraba Ramat Yakubu was 12 years old when she was married off. By 19 she was divorced, jilted by her husband; left to fend for herself in Kano state, northern Nigeria.
February 10 2018, 08:00
Nigerian writer Chimamanda Adichie was asked during an interview in France if there were any bookshops in her country -- and her clapback was epic.
February 10 2018, 08:00
Thirty years after the Jamaican bobsled team captured hearts around the world, three women from Nigeria stand on the brink of making history of their own in the same event.
February 10 2018, 08:00
Three Nigerian rape survivors share their harrowing stories of sexual harassment and abuse.
February 10 2018, 08:00
Most pastors say they preach the truth. The Rev. William Barber also delivers sermons on another topic: "the trick."
February 10 2018, 08:00
Ram Trucks used a sermon by Martin Luther King Jr. in this Super Bowl commercial. It didn't sit well with many viewers.
February 10 2018, 08:00
The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. would have celebrated his 89th birthday on Monday. This year, the federal holiday in his honor, which takes place every third Monday of January, falls on his actual birthday, January 15.
February 10 2018, 08:00
The new United States Civil Rights Trail, created nearly 50 years after Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination, commemorates the fight for equality and civil rights for African Americans across the American South.
February 10 2018, 08:00
Rob Porter resigned from his White House role this week following allegations of past domestic abuse, and sources told CNN that senior aides to President Donald Trump had known about the allegations for months.