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By Sean Coughlan BBC News education correspondent The global figure for the number of children without access to schools has

Attorneys for former Zambian President Rupiah Banda plan to ask the High Court Tuesday to release his passport so he

(BBC NEWS) Gunmen have attacked the main prison in Niger’s capital, Niamey, killing at least two guards, officials say. They

(VOA NEWS) The United States said progress has been made in combating terrorism across Africa, but that militant groups are

(VOA NEWS) Nigerian authorities have granted amnesty to 58 women and children who were accused of helping Islamist militants in

Tanzania Daily News (Dar es Salaam) Dodoma — THE government has distanced itself from claims of any favouritism of religious

James Butty(VOA NEWS) Two of Guinea’s top opposition leaders are said to have gone to Paris, France to brief the

A zoo worker who was attacked by a tiger has died of her injuries. Sarah McClay, 24, was attacked by

A pregnant woman has been shot dead in Tanzania during a security operation after protests in Mtwara, a journalist in

The Nigerian army says it has destroyed a number of well-equipped camps used by the militant Islamist group, Boko Haram,