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Vote counting is under way in Nigeria's tightest presidential election since military rule ended in 1999.

Fifteen African countries on Thursday abstained and 28 supported the vote as the UN General Assembly in New York overwhelmingly...

A Nigerian senatorial candidate was on Wednesday shot dead and his body burnt by attackers while on his way from...

A Nigerian market trader allegedly trafficked to London has told a jury he was shocked when a doctor revealed he...

A 6.4 magnitude earthquake has struck southern Turkey, weeks after a deadly quake devastated the region.

More than 70 women working on two British-owned tea plantations in Kenya have told the BBC they were forced to...

A video that appears to show Israeli diplomat Sharon Bar-li being escorted from the African Union heads of state summit...

Ethiopian security forces killed at least three people when they fired at people protesting against water shortage in the southern...

A Kenyan senator was ejected from parliament after attending a session while wearing a white suit stained red in an...

Kenya’s President William Ruto has ordered the army to join a security operation against armed bandits in the northern Rift...