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Editorial Review on Nigeria presidential election , February 14, 2015 Written By ‘JIDE ADESINA & Edited by VERONICA OLAYINKA ADESINA “I join General Abdulsalami and...

Nigerian Sunni jihadist group Boko Haram released about 190 captives, who returned to their community in the northeast state of Yobe between Friday and Saturday, while...

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe on Saturday reportedly came face to face with Zambian protesters who expressed their dislike for him over his continued 35-years grip...

United Nations rights advocates last week challenged Tanzanian officials regarding the recent killings of 36 albinos, the prevalence of female genital cutting, and corporal punishment...

Zambia’s governing Patriotic Front (PF) candidate Edgar Lungu is headed for a victory in Tuesday’s tightly contested presidential election, according to results from 146 constituencies...

We urge the appellate court to review both the convictions and the sentencing without delay. FILE – Mauritanian anti-slavery protesters march to demand the liberation...

The Nigerian opposition rejected on Thursday any delay of Feb. 14 presidential and parliamentary elections as has been reportedly proposed by the country’s national security...

crimes tribunal Fatimata M’Baye (right) and Philip Alston, two members of the International Commission of Inquiry on the Central African Republic (CAR), briefing the press....

  Defeating Nigeria’s “dastardly” Boko Haram insurgents requires support from across the continent, the African Union chief warned Wednesday, urging increased backing for Nigeria and...

ICIJ  |  By Sasha Chavkin This article was reported by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, a Washington DC-based global network of 185 reporters in...

Martin Luther King Jnr Memorial Martin Luther King, Jr was a man of destiny, an apostle of peace who had risen to the lofty heights...

Flooding in Malawi in October 2014. Photo: UN Malawi United Nations agencies are gearing up for relief efforts in Malawi and neighbouring Mozambique, where heavy...

  In the presence of Kofi Annan, Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan, former President General Muhammadu Buhari and nine other presidential candidates today adopted an inter-party...

Nigeria’s president was among leaders who condemned last week’s attack by Islamic extremists on the French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo, yet his response to the...

The presidential campaign rally in Mapo hall, Ibadan was a show of dignitaries and who is who in Oyo state politics. Ministers from the South-West...

   Huge crowds in Paris for unity march after three days of terror left 17 people dead  40 world leaders including UK PM Cameron and...

A destroyed house in Ahy Badr in the town of Mizdah in the Nafusa mountains in Libya after tribal conflict in March 2013. Photo: IRIN/Jorge...

The United States condemned a spike in attacks in northeastern Nigeria by BokoHaram, urging all responsible for the “recurring terrorist attacks” to be held accountable....

Officers said the operation began after witnesses sighted the two men said to be responsible for the attack [AFP] French media reports that both brothers...