NIGERIA

Africa’s biggest oil producer has been crippled by record-low crude prices this year.

Charged with heroin distribution in a case linked to "Orange Is the New Black," a Nigerian senator-elect has been detained in Lagos.

President-elect Muhammadu Buhari expressed disappointment that the outgoing administration had so far hindered a smooth transfer of power.

“We record an average of between five and six births in each of the 21 camps daily,” a Borno state government official said.

Bitter party members have asked Adamu Mu'azu and others to resign after the Peoples Democratic Party was unseated in Nigeria's general elections.

Africa's environment and natural resources are still the losers in an economic partnership between China and the African Union.

In a BBC interview, Zimbabwe’s information minister asked South Africa to take a stronger stance against the violence.

The army is conducting an offensive against Boko Haram in the Sambisa forest, considered the group's final stronghold.

Almost 3,600 migrants have been rescued from overcrowded boats sailing from Africa to Europe over the past 48 hours, Italy said on Thursday, with sea conditions seen as perfect for attempting the crossing.

Nigeria reported a drop in economic growth this quarter, and it's not just because of Boko Haram.

One of the world’s top crude producers is showing no signs of cutting back output despite low oil prices.

The victims were all under the age of five, health officials said. Young children are especially susceptible to lead poisoning.

The Nigerian army repelled the Boko Haram attack Wednesday night but have imposed a 24-hour curfew on the besieged Borno state capital.

The U.S. secretary of state traveled to Turkey, where NATO ministers also were to discuss instability in Syria and Iraq.

Boko Haram has destroyed 350 churches and murdered 5,000 Catholics in its six-year insurgency in northeast Nigeria.

Nigeria breathed a sigh of relief this month after nearly 700 women and girls were freed from Boko Haram militants, but the road to recovery has only just begun.

The South African press has dubbed Mmusi Maimane, the new leader of the main opposition party, as the “Obama of Soweto.”

A Nigerian governor said he feared the women and girls impregnated by Boko Haram militants could be giving birth to future terrorists.

The latest Amnesty International report finds that the country's worsening situation has helped "people smugglers" step up their trade.

Barack Obama congratulated the West African nation on “the strength of Nigeria’s commitment to democratic principles.”

The Nigerian army also destroyed seven additional terrorist camps in Sambisa Forest on Tuesday, where they seized and destroyed weapons.