ENUGU, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria's military said Tuesday that the West African nation would release some of the prisoners it has taken in the country'
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria rumbled to a war footing Wednesday as soldiers and equipment moved into its northeastern states as part of an
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — An ethnic militia killed at least 20 police officers who launched a raid to try and arrest them in central Nigeria, a police
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — The piracy targeting the coast of West Africa takes root in the oil-slicked creeks of Nigeria's southern delta, where
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria formed a panel that will create an amnesty program for Islamic extremists to try to quell a bloody guerrilla
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Prosecutors filed criminal charges Tuesday against two journalists at a Nigerian newspaper over a story they published on
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Two journalists were detained Monday by police after their newspaper published a story about supposed plans by the nation's p
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Militants in Nigeria's oil-rich southern delta ambushed a group of police officers as they sat stranded in a boat in the
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — A British man abducted in Nigeria's largest city has been released by his kidnappers, a police spokeswoman said Thursday, as
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Islamic extremists continue to move freely between Nigeria and northern Mali, despite the ongoing French military operation t
KANO, Nigeria (AP) — A video posted online appears to show the corpses of some of the seven foreign hostages abducted by Islamic extremists in
KANO, Nigeria (AP) — Three sailors — including two Russians — have been freed following weeks in captivity after pirates raided their cargo ship
KADUNA, Nigeria (AP) — A breakaway Islamic extremist group said Saturday it had killed seven foreigners who its members kidnapped from northern
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — A video posted online Monday apparently shows seven French hostages kidnapped from northern Cameroon, with a masked militant
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — An Irish media company has sold off its newspaper group in South Africa, including The Star and newspapers in Cape Town, to a l
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — For the rich or poor, famous or unknown, violent crime is a fear in South Africa, a nation of 50 million where some 50 people a
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — For the rich or poor, famous or unknown, violent crime is a fear in South Africa, a nation of 50 million where some 50 people a
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Angola received a boost to its free speech from Portugal, which refused to allow Angolan generals to stop the publication of a



















