Nigeria

Gunmen attack Nigerian prison and help more than 200 prisoners to escape.

Cameroon to vote on controversial measure because of threat from terror group on border.

Explosions and gunfire were heard as militants rampaged through capital of Yobe State.

Boko Haram offensive targeting police reported in Yobe State capital

Jonathan orders thorough probe into carnage in Kano by suspected Boko Haram Islamists.

Bomb blast hits mosque where Emir of Kano prays in northern Nigeria's biggest city.

Girl who is alleged to have poisoned wedding food could face death sentence.

IMF backs devaluation amid declining revenues following drop in Opec oil prices..

Boko Haram takes control of town after killing scores of civilians.

But chart shows the pair has been above 160 since January 2014.

BREAKING: Police and witnesses confirm explosions in northeastern Nigeria stronghold of Boko Haram.

APC chairman criticises ruling PDP party for 'sacrificing lives' for 'selfish political ends'.

President Goodluck Jonathan seeks national assembly to extend emergency in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa.

Blast at cellphone market in Azare comes after similar attack at a bank in the town last week.

Boko Haram conceded the town after holding it for just two days.

US Centers for Disease Control say two of three types of polio appear to have been eradicated globally - but type 1 remains the 'biggest problem'

BREAKING: Islamist militant group captures village where over 200 schoolgirls were taken in April.

Shell to compensate communities after failing to inspect faulty oil pipeline for years

South Africa was knocked off the largest GDP perch by Nigeria in April.

BREAKING: Goodluck Jonathan has been in charge of Nigeria since 2010 and will run again in February election.

Northern governors in Nigeria urge President Goodluck Jonathan to declare all-out war against Islamists.

Explosion at school in Yobe state left at least 48 dead and another 79 wounded.

Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau denies deal with Nigerian army to release kidnapped schoolgirls.

Casualties reported at boys' science and technical school in town of Potiskum

Explosion hits First Bank of Nigeria in Azare in suspected attack by Islamist insurgents.

A suicide bomber detonated explosives killing himself and 32 civilians near a religious procession by the Muslim Brotherhood in Nigeria.

The blast occurred in a market in Yobe State.

Dynamite was used to enable 132 inmates to escape prison, according to reports.

Piracy on the rise in Delta region as three policemen killed and nine people abducted in less than a week.

Ceasefire with terror group shows no sign of holding as blast rocks town of Azare in country's north.