At least 16 killed in northern Nigeria explosion
At least 16 people were killed in an explosion that hit a bus station in Kano in northern Nigeria, a medic said Monday in the latest violence to hit ...
French hostages held by Nigerian sect in new video
A video surfaced Monday showing a man who appeared to be a French hostage held by Islamic extremists with six other family members kidnapped on Feb.
Nigerian airline back in air after 2nd suspension
An aviation official says a Nigerian airline can resume flying, after being grounded twice in the past year. Nigerian aviation ministry spokesman Joe ...
Central African Republic rebels threaten new fight
A coalition of rebel groups that signed a peace accord with the Central African Republic government two months ago is now threatening to take up arms ...
Military plane crashes in Mauritania
A Mauritanian official says that a military plane which was on a training mission crashed near the desert town of Aoujeft, located roughly 500 ...
Another major Nigerian airline halts flights
A carrier that has been battling to regain flyers' confidence after a fatal crash last year says it has suspended its flights. Dana Air spokesman Tony ...
France: Discretion needed to free Nigeria hostages
France is adopting a "determined and discrete" approach to safeguard the lives of eight French hostages kidnapped by extremist groups in and near ...
Major Nigeria airline halts flights over strike
A major Nigerian airline says it has suspended its flights after failing to reach an agreement with striking workers. Simon Tumba, a spokesman for ...
Nigeria summons US official over tweets on pardon
Nigeria's foreign ministry summoned a top U.S. diplomat Friday night over an issue of national importance — on Twitter. At dispute are two messages ...
Head of US Africa command warns of Islamic threat
The chief of the U.S. Africa Command warned on Friday that threats from Islamic extremists in Africa are increasing and if unchecked could pose a ...
Senegal ex-ruler's son accused of amassing fortune
Senegal's special prosecutor charged with investigating the embezzlement of state funds has asked the son of Senegal's ex-president to justify a ...
3 students set fire to themselves in Senegal
Three students set themselves on fire on the campus of Senegal's largest university on Friday to protest changes in the way credits are being counted ...
US: Islamic extremists move between Nigeria, Mali
Islamic extremists continue to move freely between Nigeria and northern Mali, despite the ongoing French military operation there against them, the ...
US raises concerns over Mali's arrest of editor
The United States ambassador to Mali says she has concerns about press freedom in the West African nation after authorities arrested a newspaper ...
Dutch government raises terror threat level
The Dutch government raised its terror threat Wednesday amid concerns that Dutch citizens traveling to Syria to fight in the civil war could return ...
Nigeria pardons ex-governor who stole millions
Nigeria has pardoned the former political benefactor of the nation's president, a presidential adviser said Wednesday, a politician convicted of ...
Mali media outlets go silent over editor's arrest
The airwaves in Mali's capital fell silent on Tuesday and newspapers didn't print a morning edition in protest over the arrest last week of an editor ...
Correction: Sierra Leone-Gates Fund story
In a story March 10 about Sierra Leone charging 29 people with fraud, The Associated Press erroneously identified the Global Alliance for Vaccines and ...
Lebanon, Greece name hostages killed in Nigeria
Lebanon and Greece have identified the hostages killed by Islamic extremists in Nigeria, though two people remain unaccounted for out of the seven ...
2 years after Duekoue, militia leader still free
His fighters are accused of carrying out the worst massacre perpetrated during Ivory Coast's bloody, post-election conflict two years ago.
Nigeria: Video shows bodies of foreign hostages
A video posted online appears to show the corpses of some of the seven foreign hostages abducted by Islamic extremists in northern Nigeria and later ...
Shipper: 3 sailors kidnapped off Nigeria are freed
Three sailors — including two Russians — have been freed following weeks in captivity after pirates raided their cargo ship off the coasts of Nigeria ...
Hostage killings a new, dangerous turn for Nigeria
Radical Islamic fighters killed seven foreign hostages in Nigeria, European diplomats said Sunday, making it the worst such kidnapping violence in ...
Nigerian extremists claim they killed 7 hostages
A breakaway Islamic extremist group said Saturday it had killed seven foreigners who its members kidnapped from northern Nigeria, according to an ...
4-story building collapses in Senegal, killing 2
Ibrahim Balde knew his place. He was the newest member of the construction crew, expected to do the hardest tasks for the lowest pay. So when he ...
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