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The BBC is seeking a rising star of African journalism for the BBC News Komla Dumor Award, now in its...

Afrobarometer’s board chair, senior advisers, and directors of analysis and surveys met in Lilongwe, Malawi, to kick-start the 10th cycle...

Dozens of people have been killed after a plane with 72 people on board crashed near an airport in central...

The US government has offered a $10m (£8m) cash reward for information about Mohammud Abdi Aden, the alleged mastermind of...

A Nigerian court has struck out a police regulation that forbids unmarried female officers from getting pregnant, local media report.

A Kenyan media outlet has shared camera footage of the moment four police officers allegedly attempted to rob two people...

Nigeria's Independent National Electoral Commission (Inec) has warned that the general elections could be cancelled if nothing is done to...

Gunmen armed with AK-47 rifles abducted at least 32 people from a train station in Nigeria’s southern Edo state, the...

A six-year-old boy has been detained by police after shooting a teacher in the US state of Virginia, officers say.

The US announced an award of $5m for information leading to Mr Guzmán-López's arrest