Jim Yong Kim, physician and President of Darmouth college, was named the new head of the World Bank. His selection extends the U.S. hold on the top job at the 187-nation development agency. He will su...

Witnesses said a suicide bomber drove his car into the prominent Church of Christ during morning prayers. The radical Islamist sect Boko Haram later said that it carried out the attack. The bombing sp...

Clashes continues in the West African nation of Senegal between police and anti-government protesters. Dozens of people were injured when police fired tear gas to disperse the crowds. One of those inj...

n an effort to end the attacks by Boko Haram, a terrorist organization based on Islamic beliefs, The Security Joint Task Force (JTF) has discovered a large cache of arms and ammunition in Kano State. ...

In spite of this, the Red Cross has still been supplying Somalia with emergency food. However, upon inspection of this food, the rebel group deemed more than half of the food provided by the Internati...

On January 1st of this year, the Nigerian government ended its fuel subsidy program, causing the cost of gasoline to skyrocket to double the usual price. As a result, Nigerians took it to the streets ...

Egypt opens the third round of voting for the lower house of Parliament on Tuesday after Islamist parties performed strongly in the previous rounds last month.

One of Senegal's most popular musicians Youssou N'Dour has announced his candidacy in February's presidential elections.

Nigeria's president has declared a state of emergency in parts of the country afflicted by violence from the militant Islamist group Boko Haram.

On November 28th 2011, over 20 millions voters in the Democratic Republic of Congo went to the polls to cast their vote for choosing who will be their next President for a five year mandate, as provid...

The Federal Government of Nigeria has refused to apologize for the anti-gay bill that was recently passed by the Senate despite threats from the U.S. and U.K Governments to refuse aid to the country i...

Ex President, Laurent Gbagbo, who resisted defeat to current president, Quattara, in last year’s presidential election in Ivory Coast is scheduled to appear before the International Criminal Court to...