Nigeria

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

Vasudevan Sridharan Nov 18, 2014

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

Jack Moore Nov 17, 2014

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

Thomas Wyke Nov 16, 2014

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'

Nov 15, 2014

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

Jack Moore Nov 14, 2014

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

Jack Moore Nov 13, 2014

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

Cath Everett Nov 13, 2014

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

Jack Moore Nov 11, 2014

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

Vasudevan Sridharan Nov 11, 2014

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

Jack Moore Nov 10, 2014

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

Vasudevan Sridharan Nov 10, 2014

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

Jack Moore Nov 10, 2014

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

Jack Moore Nov 07, 2014

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

Fiona Keating Nov 03, 2014

The blast occurred in a market in Yobe State.

Ludovica Iaccino Nov 03, 2014

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

Ludovica Iaccino Nov 03, 2014

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

Jack Moore Oct 27, 2014

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

Jack Moore Oct 23, 2014

Africa's most populous country goes six weeks with no new cases of deadly disease.

Jack Moore Oct 20, 2014

Islamists opposed to peace deal with Nigerian military to form separate group under new leader.

Vasudevan Sridharan Oct 20, 2014

Absence of official statement from Islamist leader Abubakar Shekau raises doubts.

Vasudevan Sridharan Oct 18, 2014

Ceasefire with terror group mediated by Chadian government and announced by Nigerian defence chief.

Jack Moore Oct 17, 2014

Boko Haram are looking to expand by recruiting female bombers - but it could prove a disastrous tactic.

Elizabeth Pearson Oct 16, 2014

Cameroon President Paul Biya announces release of hostages on state radio.

Aaron Akinyemi Oct 11, 2014

Seven discovered with throats slit 'just the way people slaughter goats'

Jack Moore Oct 08, 2014

Eye-witness Katie Meyler gives us a moving first-hand account of life under the shadow of Ebola.

Katie Meyler Oct 08, 2014

Fierce battle underway between Nigerian military and Boko Haram fighters in Nigeria's Adamawa state.

Vasudevan Sridharan Oct 07, 2014

Islamist terror group insurgency displaces over 100,000 people in country's north-eastern states.

Jack Moore Oct 06, 2014

Islamist group video shows beheading and wreckage of missing aircraft.

Vasudevan Sridharan Oct 04, 2014

Insurgents were charged with conspiracy and illegal possession of firearms

Ludovica Iaccino Oct 01, 2014