Attack on police training academy and nearby airport one of the worst since unrest began more than a decade ago.
Floods have displaced 300,000 people and damaged thousands of buildings, affecting one million people in Maiduguri.
Afghanistan bowl South Africa out for 106 to seal first ODI cricket win in six-wicket victory.
Afrikaans-speaking groups say sections of BELA threaten to ‘erode’ their mother tongue.
Groups with links to al-Qaeda and ISIL accused of ‘massacring villagers, displaced people, and Christian worshippers’.
Israel’s defence ministry is offering residency to African migrants if they join the war on Gaza, according to Haaretz.
Authorities say the attack on the military centre in Bamako has been thwarted.
After Chidimma Adetshina suffered xenophobic abuse online, young Nigerians in South Africa say they feel unwelcome.
Rescue teams in Sierra Leone’s capital climbed the rubble of a seven-storey building to search for survivors.
The wooden boat was carrying mostly farmers across a river near Gummi town when the incident occurred.
Washington is now seeking a Plan B after troops were ejected from sprawling, expensive bases in Niger.
Thousands have attended the funeral for Ugandan Olympian Rebecca Cheptegei who was killed by her ex-partner in Kenya.
Rebecca Cheptegei, who died after being set on fire by former partner, was buried at her ancestral home.
Government says it needs more time to complete a census, draft a permanent constitution and register political parties.
