NIGERIA

The xenophobic attacks in South Africa have targeted foreigners living in the country. Three South Africans were among the dead.

The rescued girls and women are reportedly not the Chibok schoolgirls, who were kidnapped by Boko Haram last year.

“The apartheid legacy has made us all sick," President Jacob Zuma said. "We have to address the underlying causes of violence and tension."

Boko Haram has killed at least 15,000 people and displaced at least 1.5 million people during its six-year insurgency.

Xenophobic violence has killed seven people in the past month.

Witnesses reportedly described a force of over 2,000 assaulting the town of Marte, driving out Nigerian government forces.

Indonesia reportedly provides 72 hours' notice to the convicts, their families, lawyers and governments before the executions.

The intensified military operation by Nigerian and coalition forces has reportedly weakened the Islamic militant group and cut off their arms supply.

Nigeria's incoming first lady, Aisha Buhari, is viewed in stark contrast to the current first lady, Patience Jonathan.

The alert urged Chinese citizens visiting South Africa to "exercise caution" and "avoid protests and large gatherings of people."

The timing of the move, just weeks before Goodluck Jonathan leaves office, raises a lot of questions.

The strange disease was traced back to youth in a small community in western Nigeria who consumed local gin, "ogogoro," mixed with herbs.

Soldiers from the South African National Defense Force are expected to arrive in the township of Alexandra in Johannesburg by 6 p.m. Tuesday.

The Nigerian government will start evacuating citizens from Durban, Johannesburg and other hot spots in South Africa where xenophobic violence has spread.

The outgoing president’s spokesman, Reuban Abatai, said the allegations were “mischievous, false and embarrassing.”

Laboratory results have ruled out Ebola and other viruses as the cause of an illness that has left at least 18 people dead in a matter of days.

Some in the crowd addressed by Jacob Zuma say his response to a spate of xenophobic attacks in the country came too late.

Xenophobic violence in KwaZulu-Natal province prompts reactions in Zimbabwe, Malawi, Mozambique and Kenya as well.

Widespread apathy and calls by the opposition to boycott the polls may be why only one-third of voters participated.

At least 14 people in a community in Ondo state have died from the strange disease in the last 10 days. The World Health Organization and others are investigating.

Outgoing President Goodluck Jonathan said Thursday that the Nigerian army has recaptured most of the territory seized by Boko Haram in the northeast.