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Lagos: Nigeria has urged "urgent" diplomatic action after one of its citizens died in a violent confrontation with South African police, in what...

Banjul, GAMBIA: Gambia, a small country split in half horizontally by its eponymous river, prides itself on being west Africa’s “smiling coast”. However,...

BANJUL, Gambia: Gambia's president-elect Adama Barrow has defended the position taken by the Economic Community Of West African States (ECOWAS) two days after...

MOGADISHU, Somalia: At least three people in Somalia were killed and four others wounded after twin car bomb blasts hit a security checkpoint...

LAGOS, Nigeria: Nigeria’s peace drive in the oil-rich delta region suffered a major setback on Sunday night when a key militant group slammed...

MOGADISHU: A loud blast followed by heavy gunfire was heard near Somalia's Mogadishu airport on Monday, Reuters witnesses said.

Hartbeespoort: Lounging in the shade of a tree, Heathcliff the cheetah oozes sleek grace and power, but he is captive behind a wire...

Kano: One person was seriously injured when a suicide bomber aged around 10 blew herself up in a New Year's Eve attack in...

Nairobi: Burundi's environment minister was shot dead in the capital Bujumbura early yesterday, police said, the first killing of its kind since the...

KINSHASA: The second largest country in Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo is blessed with oil, timber, diamonds and gold but cursed with violence,...

YENAGOA, Nigeria: A group of former Nigerian militants said on Sunday it had lost confidence in the president’s efforts to end attacks on...

BANJUL: Gambian leader Yahya Jammeh accused West African regional body ECOWAS of declaring war, after it said it was putting forces on alert...

Kinshasa: The new year in one of Africa's most troubled countries began in a burst of optimism Sunday after rival groups agreed a...

Kano, Nigeria: One person was seriously injured when a suicide bomber aged around 10 blew herself up in a New Year's Eve attack...

LAGOS, Nigeria: Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has called on militants in the country's oil-rich delta region to embrace peace and shun pipeline bombings...

GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo: Representatives of the government and opposition on Saturday reached a deal for peaceful political transition in the Democratic...

Nairobi: Burundi's environment minister was shot dead in the capital Bujumbura early Sunday, police said, the first assassination of its kind since the...

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria: Boko Haram's leader is urging his fighters to "kill, slaughter and abduct ... and detonate bombs everywhere," in a new video...