Nigeria

U.S. corporations winning fight over human rights lawsuits

A landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision in 2013 that made it all but impossible to sue foreign compan...

Dec 12, 2014 01:40 AM EST

Malala, Satyarthi receive their Nobel Prizes for child campaigns

Pakistani teenager Malala Yousafzai, shot by the Taliban for refusing to quit school, and Indian act...

Dec 10, 2014 06:52 PM EST

Prison break frees 200 inmates in central Nigeria

Gunmen broke into a prison in the central Nigerian city of Minna, freeing around 200 inmates, a poli...

Dec 08, 2014 09:16 AM EST

Botswana gay rights group wins legal recognition

A Botswana judge overturned a government ban on a gay rights lobbying group on Friday, a rare victor...

Nov 14, 2014 09:18 PM EST

Suicide bomber kills dozens at school assembly in Nigeria

A suicide bomber dressed as a student killed at least 48 people, most of them students, and injured ...

Nov 10, 2014 08:43 AM EST

Chad's Deby plays for high stakes in Boko Haram talk

Chad's President Idriss Deby, a wily survivor of rebellions, is looking to bolster his powerbroker r...

Nov 03, 2014 07:56 PM EST

Maine nurse fights Ebola quarantine, says will not be bullied

Saying she will not be bullied by politicians, a Maine nurse is giving the state an ultimatum: Lift ...

Oct 30, 2014 07:04 AM EDT

Australia bans travel from Ebola-hit countries; U.S. isolates troops

Australia became the first developed country on Tuesday to shut its borders to citizens of the count...

Oct 28, 2014 07:39 PM EDT

Mauritania closes border with Mali over Ebola fears

Mauritania has closed its border with Mali to prevent the spread of Ebola, officials said on Saturda...

Oct 26, 2014 05:14 AM EDT

Six months after girls abducted, Nigerians protest near president's house

Protesters demanding the release of more than 200 Nigerian schoolgirls kidnapped six months ago by I...

Oct 15, 2014 12:56 AM EDT

Ten Chinese workers among 27 hostages freed in Cameroon

Twenty-seven hostages seized by militant group Boko Haram in Cameroon in May and July have been rele...

Oct 12, 2014 09:48 AM EDT

Regional leaders step up Boko Haram fight with troops, command center

Leaders of Niger, Nigeria, Chad and Benin on Tuesday announced plans to step up the fight against Bo...

Oct 08, 2014 06:39 AM EDT

U.S. pledges 3,000 troops to fight Ebola; experts say more needed

The United States has pledged to send 3,000 troops West Africa, using its military muscle to battle ...

Sep 16, 2014 12:23 PM EDT

Boko Haram leader says ruling Nigerian town by Islamic law

The leader of Nigeria's Islamist group Boko Haram said his fighters were now ruling the captured nor...

Aug 25, 2014 11:17 AM EDT

Nigeria Plane Crash: 16 Killed After Chartered Aircraft Comes Down Shortly After Takeoff Near Lagos Airport (Video)

Sixteen people were killed when a small passenger plane, operated by Nigeria's Associated Airlines, ...

Oct 03, 2013 02:56 PM EDT

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