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In Somalia, the death toll from Saturday's twin bomb attack in the capital, Mogadishu, has climbed to at least 100, according to authorities. Two cars packed with explosives were detonated minutes apart near the busy Zobe junction…

The military captain who claims to have taken power from Burkina Faso's interim president Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba held a parade in the capital Ouagadougou on Sunday. But in a TV message after attacks on the French embassy, supporters…

The ruling junta in Guinea has launched a violent attack on the current president of ECOWAS ahead of a summit of the organization, denouncing Wednesday's remarks as a "disgrace". In the attack on Thursday (September 22), the junta…

The Adamawa State Governor, Ahmadu Fintiri has condemned the attack by gunmen on the home of Reverend Daniel Umaru of EYN Church in the Mubi Local Government Area of the State. The gunmen who shot the Pastor had killed two of his sons…

The Presidency has described as sad and unwelcome, Tuesday's shooting incident near Dutsinma, Katsina State, at the convoy of cars carrying the Advanced Team of security guards, protocol and media officers ahead of the President,…

Senegalese police are investigating a video circulating since Tuesday on social networks showing a man being manhandled by a crowd that hurls homophobic insults at him, a police official said. The case comes amid controversy over Paris…

Malian judge has summoned French Foreign Minister Jean Yves le Drian, as part of an investigation into an "attack on public property and other offences". According to a Malian judicial source, the investigation follows a complaint from…

Al-Shabaab jihadists armed with guns and explosives stormed an African Union base in Somalia on Tuesday, triggering a fierce firefight that killed Burundian peacekeepers. A high-ranking Burundian military officer said about 30 soldiers…

Suspected Gunmen attacked the convoy of the member representing Jos North/Bassa Federal Constituency, Musa Agah, on Tuesday night in Miango community, of Bassa council Area of Plateau State while returning from a thank you tour to one of…

Thousands of Eritrean refugees, shell-shocked and separated from loved ones, fleeing on foot through harsh terrain to escape artillery and gunfire. It played out again this month, after the Bahrale refugee camp in the north eastern Afar…