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On land and sea: On Christmas Day, US President Donald Trump, in coordination with the Nigerian government, ordered Tomahawk missile strikes from a US warship in the Gulf of Guinea against what he termed “ISIS Terrorist Scum” in Islamic State-Sahel camps in Nigeria’s northwestern state of Sokoto.
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL

The white man’s burden trumps Nigeria

US President Donald Trump has made good on his threat to take military action against Nigeria to save Christians from a “genocide”

  • Adekeye Adebajo
6 min read
Drawing on the iconography of the Douanier Rousseau’s famous painting Surprised (1891), also known as Tiger in a Tropical Storm, Dianne Hofmeyr and Jesse Hodgson tell the story of a boy who draws a tiger
ANNE FRANK

Young reading

Kate Rogan of LoveBooks has a special place for books for her younger readers across all age groups. Here she gives recommendations for 2018

  • Staff Reporter
4 min read
Influential: The 500-page tribute to Kenyan academic Ali Al’amin Mazrui reflects the heritage he left for Africa
MUHAMMAD ALI

Discover the roots of an African luminary

A Giant Tree Has Fallen combines essays on and by Ali Mazrui as well as tributes from admirers, critics, family members and journalists

  • Kwanele Sosibo
4 min read
FAIRYTALES

A little bit of magic, an awful lot to love

Where did the idea come from for this tale of a schoolgirl who finds enchantment in a perfectly normal garden in a perfectly normal suburb?

  • Pat Schwartz
7 min read