Empower women, girls for full integration into society, one investigator recommends; another calls on government to intensify efforts to locate kidnapped schoolgirls
Last week's attack triggers fear that long-dormant insurgency could reignite, put country’s oil industry in crosshairs
Governors of four northern states sign memorandums of understanding with Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and (Aliko) Dangote Foundation
Number of figures connected to Jonathan administration have been accused of corruption in recent weeks
Hundreds were killed in northern city of Zaria last month in fighting between IMN group, Nigerian military after IMN protesters blocked convoy of army chief
Parents, community members divided over whether new probe, announced Thursday, will be productive in search for 200 schoolgirls taken by Boko Haram
President Muhammadu Buhari has said aid program for former militants is to end this month; cash has stopped flowing, yet program's status isn't clear
Nigerian Medical Association calls for government to levy tax on cigarettes, alcohol and cellphone credits to improve healthcare access, affordability
Nigerian military says progress has been made, but group is still carrying out hit-and-run attacks in Nigeria and neighboring countries
Critics say draft law is attack on free speech meant to stifle dissent, make people ‘afraid to question those in authority’
Looters absconded with doors and roofs, pillaged a mosque, shattering its windows and taking its furniture, and some simply moved in, taking over houses where Muslims once lived
MINUSCA mission has been dogged by allegations of sexual abuse, as well as deaths of at least 17 of its troops in fighting
It's a rare workplace in Bangui; years of sectarian fighting has split religious communities, and Muslims in capital are confined to just one neighborhood
Earlier the pope called on warring parties in the CAR to lay down their weapons and support efforts to end sectarian conflict
Francis arrived in Bangui Sunday to promote peace in country torn by political conflict, clashes between Christian and Muslim militants
Pope Francis is scheduled to arrive Sunday in the Central African Republic, the final stop on his Africa tour. The country has been in chaos since a rebel coup in 2013 and subsequent intercommunal violence pitting Christians against Muslims. Many hope the pope can bring peace to the country. Chris Stein reports from Bangui.
Central African Republic has been in chaos since rebel coup in 2013 that led to bloody intercommunal violence pitting Muslims against Christians
Push for an independent Biafran state in southeastern Nigeria, which has persisted for decades, has seen a recent resurgence
Recent reports show Shell has not cleaned up four oil spill sites in the Niger Delta, as the company claims
Following historic April poll, politicians in several states still wrangling over powerful government positions
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