Nigeria striker Anthony Ujah reveals he turned down 'bigger financial offers' in order to secure a move to Werder Bremen.

A guide at South Africa's most famous national park survived a leopard attack after a tourist scared the animal away with his car, Kruger National Park said.

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A suicide bomber rammed a car packed with explosives into the entrance of a Somali intelligence training center Sunday, a government official said.

At least 145 people were killed after Boko Haram militants raided three villages in the northeastern Nigerian state of Borno, witnesses said Thursday.

Wave of attacks on Egyptian military checkpoints signal ISIS' expanding reach

The aim of the ISIS militant group is to create an Islamic state across Sunni areas of Iraq and Syria.

Boko Haram gunmen have been locked in a fierce battle with Nigerian troops in the country's northeast, local residents said Friday.

The lengths people go to get hold of the blue gem

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari describes as a "heinous atrocity" the latest wave of attacks by Boko Haram militants that left more than 150 people dead.

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Desperate to make their fortunes, many people in Madagascar are putting their lives at risk.

Former hotelier Tapfumanei Shinya tells the BBC why managing his land over his mobile phone would never yield results.

The BBC's Rana Jawad reports from Tunisia that people have already lost their jobs in the week since the deadly attack by a gunman in the city of Sousse.