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Late in 2014 when my friend, Zachary, invited me to his wedding taking place in The Berkshires this September, I was less concerned about having to travel all the way from Abuja to Massachusetts. Zachary is gay. "What if lightning comes and strikes the building?" I asked. He replied that there had so far been under 100, 000 gay marriages in the U.S. -- and no bolts. "Of course, my partner and I could be the last straw," he added.

A series of blasts, some of them targeting places of worship, has killed scores of people in Nigeria, where the military is battling the Islamic extremist group Boko Haram.

Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi on Saturday declared a 30-day state of emergency, saying another attack such as last week's terrorist massacre at a beach hotel would "cause the country to collapse."

The Ebola crisis proves the World Health Organization (WHO) lacks the "capacity and culture" to deal with global health emergencies, says a damning independent report, commissioned by the WHO itself.

At least 25 people have been killed in a bomb attack in northern Nigeria's Zaria city, a senior government official says.

At least 14 people are killed in a gun attack by Islamist group al-Shabab near Kenya's border with Somalia.