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The state assembly in Kaduna, in north-western Nigeria, has approved full surgical castration as punishment for those convicted of rape....

Libya's rival authorities have announced an immediate ceasefire. The Tripoli-based and internationally recognised Government of National Accord (GNA) published a...

Soldiers who ousted Mali's President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta say they plan to set up a civilian transitional government and hold...

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has suspended Mali from all ECOWAS decision-making bodies with immediate effect. This...

Multiple reports suggest Malian President Ibrahim Boubakar Keïta has been arrested by mutinying soldiers. Their actions began with gunfire inside...

Liberia's vice president and former first lady, Jewel Howard-Taylor, has been flown to Ghana for medical treatment after developing "respiratory...

Gunmen have attacked a group of aid workers in Niger, killing six French citizens, their local guide and driver, officials...

The death of a pregnant Algerian doctor from the Coronavirus disease after she was denied maternity leave has sparked an uproar and...

Donald Trump has become the third president in US history to be impeached. The US House of Representatives has passed...