Some 21 of the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram Islamic extremists more than two years ago have been freed in negotiations, officials said.
Some...
Several dozen people have died in a stampede in Ethiopia after a religious celebration turned into an anti-government protest that led police to fire...
Nigeria's president Muhammadu Buhari has invited the United Nations to help negotiations to swap the kidnapped schoolgirls from Chibok for detained leaders of Boko...
Russia's food safety watchdog has banned fruit and vegetable imports from Egypt over sanitary concerns, following an earlier decision by Egypt that hurt Russian...
The country's gross domestic product declined by 2.06% in the second quarter of the year, according to data released.
The oil-and import-dependent economy also declined...
Thousands of migrants were rescued off the Libyan coast by Italian naval ships and vessels from non-government groups today.
The operation was the latest surge...
Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau and other commanders of the Islamic extremist movement have been killed by an air strike, according to Nigeria's military.
The...
