Forestry officials say legislation that would strengthen penalties for illegal hunting continues to languish
Opposition leaders are calling for nationwide protests to push for dialogue with the government about much-delayed legislative elections
Executive director says urgent funding needed to continue emergency assistance to four million people in Niger who do not have enough to eat
Christians at a church in Kaduna are refusing to let the threat of attack keep them from Sunday services
In northern Nigeria Christian churches are ramping up security as a militant Islamist sect, Boko Haram, targets places of worship
Death toll from Thursday's bomb attacks on Nigerian newspaper offices has risen to at least nine
Fuel subsidy remains flashpoint issue in Nigeria after attempts to lift it in January sparked strike, deadly protests
Soldiers who seized control of country last week are expected to play prominent role in new government
A complex web of Islamist extremists and Tuareg separatists controls north
Underwater connections will bring faster, and likely cheaper, broadband Internet to nearly every country in region
No one has claimed responsibility but Boko Haram militant group suspected; at least 36 people killed
A car bomb explodes on a main street close to a church in the northern city of Kaduna, killing 20 people
Housewife and mother of three, Marieme Faye Sall says she has one passion: her husband and her children
Rebels in northern Mali are closer than ever to the autonomy they have sought since the 1960s
Effective immediately, ECOWAS has closed borders between Mali and member states
While coups sometimes billed as restart button for constitutional democracies, analysts say militaries built for battle, not governance
Opponents of coup want country to return to civilian rule but many Malians support soldiers who ousted their elected president
Opposition leader Macky Salls beats incumbent president as months of electoral tension turns to relief
President Abdoulaye Wade faces opposition leader Macky Sall
Coup leader Captain Amadou Sanogo has called on soldiers to respect private property, but residents say looting, pillaging continues
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