Independent MP Emmanuel "Jay Jay" Banda is in hospital after an alleged abduction over the weekend.

The ban on the drug muguka by coastal governors sparked anger among farmers over financial losses.

A father who fled kidnappers in central Nigeria on his motorbike tells how his family survived.

The levels of homelessness underscore that the country has a way to go to shake off its history.

The BBC witnessed children picking jasmine in Egypt, a major exporter of the flowers’ oil.