
Nigeria lifts Twitter ban
Millions of Nigerians are able to access Twitter freely again after the government lifted a seven-month ban
Millions of Nigerians are able to access Twitter freely again; A Professor is jailed in Morocco in a sex-for-grades case; The psychological impact on children living in prison with their convicted mothers; Journalist Elizabeth Ohene in Accra's argument for World-class Ghanaian funeral for the late Archbishop Desmond Tutu.
(Photo: A man addresses protesters in Trafalgar Square during the demonstration. A protest in solidarity with the Democracy Day protests in Nigeria and on the same day the protesters demanded President Muhammadu Buhari's resignation and the review of a government ban on Twitter. Credit: Dave Rushen/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)
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