Nearly 200 people have been killed by armed men in separate attacks in remote villages in central and northern Nigeria, a local lawmaker, residents and police said Wednesday, as security forces searched for survivors and chased the attackers.

At least 170 people have been killed in an attack by armed men on a remote village in central Nigeria’s Kwara state, a local lawmaker said on Wednesday.

Six months ago, Anne Ndarua's only son went to Russia on the promise of a job as an electrical engineer. She says he was forced into military training and she no longer knows if he's alive. In December, someone sent Anne a video of her son warning other Africans not to travel to

Saif al-Islam Gadhafi, the son of former Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, has been killed in an apparent assassination at his home in the city of Zintan in northwestern Libya, the head of his political team said on Tuesday. He was 53. https://t.co/xX7gz3Vz27

Ifunanya Nwangene, a budding singer who captivated audiences with her performance of Rihanna’s “Take a Bow” on “The Voice Nigeria,” has died from a snake bite. She was 26. Nwangene’s death has sparked widespread outrage among Nigerians, many expressing their discontent with the

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A landslide earlier this week collapsed several mines at a major coltan mining site in eastern Congo, leaving at least 200 people dead, rebel authorities said Saturday.

Ugandan police denied on Saturday allegations by opposition leader Bobi Wine's party that he had been arrested by soldiers as President Yoweri Museveni closed in on a landslide re-election. https://t.co/1BLrnJ9Vif

Polling got underway Thursday in Uganda’s presidential election, but logistical delays hampered voting in some areas while restrictions on internet access drew criticism for potentially compromising electoral transparency.

Millions of Ugandans will cast their votes in a crucial presidential rematch between a former pop star and their long-time authoritarian leader, who aims to prolong his nearly 40-year rule. https://t.co/UU8Sv5l7mb

Seven bodies were recovered and 96 people rescued after a boat potentially carrying more than 200 migrants capsized overnight in northwest Gambia, the country’s defense ministry said, adding search and recovery operations were continuing.

Former world heavyweight boxing champion Anthony Joshua suffered bruises in a car crash that resulted in the deaths of two individuals on Monday, according to local police in Ogun State, Nigeria.

A day after part of a missile fired by the United States hit their village, landing just meters from its only medical facility, the villagers of Jabo in northwest Nigeria are in a state of shock and confusion.

US Africa Command said it conducted the strikes in Sokoto state, which borders Niger to the north, “in coordination with Nigerian authorities.” AFRICOM’s initial assessment is that “multiple ISIS terrorists were killed in the ISIS camps,” according to a news release.

After months of warning that the US could take military action to stop violence against Christians in Nigeria, President Donald Trump announced on Christmas Day that he had done just that – delivering a strike on Islamic State terrorists in the country's northwest. Here's what we

President Donald Trump said Thursday he’d ordered a deadly strike on Islamic State terrorists in Nigeria, who he has accused of persecuting Christians in the country. https://t.co/ojEMFNCLIs

At least nine people were killed in a shooting at a tavern outside the South African city of Johannesburg during Sunday's early hours, police have said. https://t.co/dui3PEaRk5

The South African government briefly held, then released, two US government employees on assignment in South Africa as part of the Trump administration’s bid to admit Afrikaners to the United States, according to multiple sources familiar with the situation.