Nigeria

Senegal remains the hot favorite to win a first continental trophy, but Algeria has impressed so far in the tournament.

Algeria has become the tournament favorite after winning every game. How far can Madagascar go in its first AFCON?

Biafran secessionist leader Nnamdi Kanu says only a boycott of the upcoming presidential elections can compell Nigeria to peacefully resolve the Biafra independence question.

Nigerian officials say Amina Mohammed scammed her way into the presidential villa and starting inviting guests.

Will the real Muhammadu Buhari please stand up?

Dozens of demonstrators were alleged to have been killed in clashes with Nigerian security forces in the past week.

The European shipowner announced that the pirates kidnapped 12 of the 19 crew onboard as hostage in the Gulf of Guinea.

Some militants are still fighting while others are "hiding out in sympathetic communities and urban areas," according to a new U.N. report.

Genetic research has nearly excluded an entire continent. A massive effort to remedy that could change the future of cancer treatment—and of science.

Boko Haram militants have killed 30,000 in Nigeria people since 2009.

This is not the first incident of supposedly bulletproof products failing to function in Nigeria.

Fresh off of four successful World Cup predictions, proven "psychic" Achilles the cat predicted that Nigeria will defeat Argentina in Tuesday's match.

"That will be our main goal, to make it Messi's last World Cup game," Nigeria defender Bryan Idowu said. "As much as we enjoy watching Messi play, it's against us. There's only one option."

The attacks and deadly retaliation are threatening to eclipse Boko Haram as the top security issue leading into next year's election, analysts have warned.

The owner of the school near Lagos, Nigeria, refused to untie the students and attacked a police officer.

Queen Obioma alleges United Airlines discriminated against her and her children because they were black.

The Nigerian army announced on Twitter that it freed over 1,000 hostages from the ISIS ally.

Trump called the aircraft helicopters, instead of acknowledging what they actually are.

Nigeria's president cast doubt on the validity of reports that Trump made offensive comments about African countries.

"The grand corruption of our recent past saw tens of billions of dollars frittered away on fraudulent oil deals and bogus military contracts."

The lessons infectious disease preparedness and response researchers are learning in Pakistan, during what's hopefully a final push against polio, will also apply elsewhere, as public health experts work to wipe out other infectious diseases around the world.

The Islamist militant group also said they had returned the girls out of feelings of pity.

Confusion over whereabouts of schoolchildren following latest attack by Islamic militants in Nigeria.

Some say Rogelio Martinez was bludgeoned to death by rocks. Ted Cruz jumped on the bandwagon.

Clashes between Nigerian communities have caused 168 deaths in the past month.

Hungarian authorities refused an application from a Nigerian man after he failed a homosexuality test.

Stories of black slavery in Libya have emerged frequently over the last two years after a NATO-backed intervention in the North African nation.

For the first time, the Nigerian women's bobsled team will compete in the 2018 winter Olympics.

Achebe is often called the "father of modern African literature" but was only belatedly recognized in the West.

The West African country has been blighted by thousands of spills in recent years.