Independent National Electoral Commission Chairman Mahmood Yakubu confirmed on Saturday

The plane clip a tree as it attempted an emergency landing and crashed in a field

Local media said the stampede happened when panic broke out at the end of a rally

Following months of campaigning by activists, the president declared a national emergency and said those...

The bloodshed is a challenge for President Muhammadu Buhari in particular as he seeks a second successive...

Twenty-three bodies were recovered this morning and the coast guard continues search

An attack at the same base last April killed two peacekeepers and left several others wounded

The latest fighting follows clashes in and around Tripoli that killed at least 117 people and wounded...

Another 28 people who were injured in the attack had been admitted to hospital without giving details...

Fifty people believed to have been in the complex remained unaccounted for on Wednesday afternoon

Somali militant group Islamist group al Shabaab has claimed responsibility for the attack

A police source, who asked not to be named, said he had seen as many as 14 dead

At least one person was killed and eight wounded

Opposition leader Felix Tshisekedi has been declared the surprise winner of the presidential vote in...

On Thursday, police confirmed that three protesters had died in the Omdurman demonstration but did not...

The electoral commission announced overnight that Tshisekedi, 55, had won the December 30 vote

Soldiers burst into state radio offices at dawn and called on the public to 'rise up'

In addition to the 37 recorded deaths, all civilians, the casualty toll includes several wounded and...

The election's credibility has been strained by delays and accusations that electronic voting machines...

Tongo Tongo was the site of an ambush on October 4, 2017 where jihadists killed five Nigerien and four...

The European Union, Tanzania's biggest development partner, and the World Bank have recently taken...