Seven children killed in Niger ‘by Nigerian air strike’

The children were killed by accident in an air strike by neighbouring Nigeria, local officials said.

Fehintoluwa Okegbenie: ‘I rode through 22 states across Nigeria in seven days’

Motorcyclist Fehintoluwa Okegbenie jumped on her beloved motorcycle and rode through 22 states in Nigeria in just seven days.

Funeral trip marred by Covid, Malaria and an expired passport

Rita Eze's trip back to Nigeria turned into an odyssey of bad luck, bureaucracy and bewilderment.

Ethiopia starts generating power from River Nile dam

A "monumental day" for Ethiopia but Egypt and Sudan fear it will reduce their share of Nile waters.

The Nigerian artwork challenging British history in St Paul’s

St Paul's Cathedral invites artist Victor Ehikhamenor to respond to the looting of the Benin Bronzes.

Somalia: Suicide bomb hits restaurant on poll eve

At least 10 people died in the blast at a restaurant popular with politicians in the city of Beledweyne.

Mali soldiers killed days after France announces exit

Eight soldiers died after in a rebel attack in the north-east of the country, the army says.

Letter from Africa: Nigeria’s electioneering and the role of stomachs

How bags of rice will be used by grovelling Nigerian candidates to curry favour.

Blessing Okagbare: Nigerian sprinter banned for 10 years for ‘multiple’ anti-doping breaches

Nigerian sprinter Blessing Okagbare is given a 10-year ban for "multiple breaches of anti-doping rules".

Malawi finds Africa’s first wild polio case in five years

Africa was declared free of wild polio in 2020 after a major continent-wide vaccination campaign.