January 30, 2012 / Untold Stories
by Joe Bavier
After bombing the United Nations headquarters in Nigeria, Boko Haram has gone from being a local nuisance to an international threat.
January 27, 2012 / CNN
by Jennifer McDonald
Pulitzer Center grantee Joe Bavier was featured in a CNN report on Boko Haram's increasingly coordinated terrorist attacks in Nigeria.
January 17, 2012 / Untold Stories
by Joe Bavier, Bénédicte Kurzen
Veteran Africa correspondent Joe Bavier explains Boko Haram, the Nigerian terror group responsible for the Christmas Day church bombings.
January 13, 2012 / The Economist
by Joe Bavier, Bénédicte Kurzen
The government must think hard about how to tackle an Islamist uprising that may have less to do with religion than the rebels claim.
January 6, 2012 /
by Tom Hundley
Pulitzer Center Senior Editor Tom Hundley highlights the latest Pulitzer Center reporting from Nigeria and Turkey.
January 4, 2012 /
by Ameto Akpe, Tecee Boley, Selay Marius Kouassi, Stephen Sapienza, Peter Sawyer, Samuel Agyemang
A collaborative investigation into the water sector in Nigeria, Ghana, Ivory Coast and Liberia in partnership with local journalists and their outlets.
January 2, 2012 / BusinessDay
by Ameto Akpe
Poor planning and governance make access to safe drinking water scarce in Makurdi, Nigeria.
January 2, 2012 / Newsweek
by Joe Bavier, Bénédicte Kurzen
The Christmas Day church bombings demonstrate that Boko Haram, a radical and violent Islamist movement, is gaining momentum among impoverished Muslims in Nigeria.
December 7, 2011 /
by Jina Moore, Jake Naughton, Alexis Okeowo, Nathalie Applewhite, Mae Azango, Estelle Ellis, Ken Opala, Sam Olukoya
This reporting initiative partners African and US journalists to explore critical challenges in reproductive health and family planning—and what they mean for life, death and socio-economic stability...
Image by Marco Vernaschi. Guinea-Bissau, 2010.
November 10, 2011 /
by Jake Naughton
Four African journalists have been selected to participate in the Pulitzer Center's collaborative reproductive health-reporting project.
Maternal health in Nigeria. Image by Dawn Sinclair Shapiro, 2010.
November 10, 2011 / Link TV
by Dawn Sinclair Shapiro
Premiering on Link TV, "The Edge of Joy" follows the lives of Nigerian caregivers working on the front lines of maternal care.
October 18, 2011 / Untold Stories
by Ameto Akpe
For the people of Makurdi, safe drinking water remains a luxury.
October 13, 2011 / BusinessDay
by Ameto Akpe
Pulitzer Center grantee Ameto Akpe writes that proper investment and governance would go a long way in helping Nigeria meet its targets for water and sanitation.

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