After Thurday's double suicide bombings which claimed more than 20 lives, militants have threatened to carry out more attacks against French and other interests in Niger. Read more »

Chairman of the Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission Bethuel Kiplagat has expressed fear of the fact-finding report being rejected by those named. Read more »

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and World Bank President Jim Yong Kim have voiced support for peace and economic development in a historic visit to the country. Read more »

The cult leader of the Ombatse says that his "god" was responsible for the killings of the policemen and not an ambush by Ombatse adherents. Read more »

Opposition MPs have united in attacking government during a parliamentary debate on Guptagate and are demanding an independent inquiry. Read more »

Tens of thousands of northeastern Nigerians have fled their homes into neighbouring Niger and Cameroon following airstrikes by Nigerian fighter jets on Boko Haram. Read more »

Several security officers kidnapped by militants in Sinai have returned to Cairo after being released. Read more »

United Nations has accused the Lord's Resistance Army of using powerful weapons to kill elephants for their ivory in Central Africa. Read more »

The Nigerian Defence Headquarters say that 120 suspected terrorists have been arrested in Maiduguri during the burial of one of their commanders. Read more »

Chairman of Presidential Committee on Dialogue with Boko Haram has expressed the readiness of the committee to meet with the sect in any country in the world to ensure peaceful ... Read more »