Ethiopia’s general election kicked off Monday, but voting was suspended in parts of Oromia and Amhara regions after security threats made polling impossible. The electoral commission said 143 of more...

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus is meeting with DRC President Felix Tshisekedi today to tackle Congo’s growing Ebola outbreak. The outbreak, now the third-largest ever recorded, went undetected for weeks....

An Islamic scholar was killed early Friday in Ilesha-Baruba, Baruten LGA, Kwara state, after gunmen stormed his home. According to Zagazola Makama, a Lake Chad security publication, the attackers struck...

Former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal, has resigned from the African Democratic Congress. In a statement released Monday, Lawal said he was leaving the party after...

Nigerian troops working with US Africa Command killed 21 Islamic State West Africa Province fighters in an airstrike on Saturday, security sources said. The strike hit an ISWAP camp in...

Labour Party has wrapped up primaries across several states, picking candidates for governor, senate, reps and state assembly ahead of 2027. In Abia, Gov Alex Otti kept LP’s governorship ticket...

24 people; 15 Chinese nationals and 9 Nigerians, were arraigned Monday before a Federal High Court in Abuja for alleged illegal lithium mining in Nasarawa State. The Nigeria Security and...

Ethiopians headed to the polls Monday for parliamentary and regional elections that are expected to deliver another decisive win for Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s Prosperity Party. Over 50 million voters...

Five people have beaten Ebola and left hospital in DR Congo, offering rare hope amid an outbreak that’s killed nearly 250. The group included four nurses who were discharged Sunday...

Protesters flooded parts of Ibadan on Monday, demanding immediate action from the Oyo State government to rescue pupils and teachers kidnapped days earlier in Oriire LGA. Civil society groups led...