At least 70 bodies are found dumped outside the town of Damasak in north-eastern Nigeria, after it was recaptured from Boko Haram militants

US defence department confirms that it has killed al-Shabab leader Adan Garar

The head of Nigeria's electoral body said yesterday it was ready to conduct presidential and parliamentary elections in less than two

More than dozens are killed including Women and children in a dawn raid on a village in central Nigeria

A South African cabinet minister, Collins Chabane, and two of his security staff is killed in a car crash.

Troops from Chad and Niger have retaken the northeastern Nigerian town of Damasak from Boko Haram as part of a regional offensive to combat the militants who have pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group.

Nigerian militant group Boko Haram pledges allegiance to Islamic State (IS) via Twitter post

Five people are killed in a machine-gun and grenade attack on a nightclub in Mali's capital, Bamako

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe yesterday celebrated his 91st birthday with a lavish bash attended by thousands of ruling party faithful.

Amnesty International yesterday urged the five permanent members of the UN Security Council to give up their power of veto in cases where atrocities are being committed.

Liberia reopened its land border crossings shut down during the Ebola outbreak, a positive sign in a nation that was the epicenter of the deadly virus.

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Nigeria's elections will not be postponed past March 28, National Security Advisor Sambo Dasuki told AFP in an interview yesterday, saying that Boko Haram fighters who forced the delay would be defeated within the coming six weeks.