Boko Haram: Nigeria and Cameroon vow closer cooperation to defeat terrorists
Nigeria and Cameroon announce they will exchange intelligence and security cooperation along their border.
Boko Haram: President Buhari appoints General Iliya Abba as head of new antiterrorism task force
Task force comprises some 8,700 troops from Nigeria, Niger, Chad, Cameroon and Benin.
Nigeria: Three out of four oil refineries resume production as President Buhari urged to end fuel subsidy
Nigeria's lack of refineries means it has to export 90% of its crude oil and import back petroleum products.
Boko Haram: Nigerian army announces new task force to fight terrorists
Multi-National Joint Task Force expected to be more efficient than ongoing regional offensive.
Nigeria: Concern grows as President Buhari bans 113 vessels from lifting crude oil in anti-corruption move
Ban accused of lacking transparency amid suspicions vessels were implicated in illegal lifting of crude oil.
Boko Haram: President Buhari to visit Cameroon as deadly insurgence continues
Buhari's trip comes as Cameroon is to send 2,000 militaryreinforcements to fight Boko Haram.
Obama praises Ethiopia for fight against al-Shabaab but human rights record still poor
Rights groups warned Ethiopian journalists are imprisoned, sometimes tortured and not guaranteed a fair trial.
Ipob, Massob and Buhari's government: How is Nigeria dealing with pro-Biafran separatist movements?
EXCLUSIVE: IBTimesUK speaks with pro-Biafran movements and government on widespread feeling of separatism.
Mexico 43 missing students: 60 mass graves discovered as investigation continues
Students allegedly abducted and handed over to drug cartel after staging protest in Guerrero in September 2014.
Uganda: Prime minister guarantees democratic election as President Museveni announces candidacy
Yoweri Museveni announced he would run for another term in 2016 election after 30 years in power.
Pakistan to hang paraplegic prisoner Abdul Basit as lawyer claims execution is cruel punishment
Abdul Basit became paralysed from the waist down after contracting tubercular meningitis in prison.
In Focus: Pakistan executes nearly one person a day after Peshawar school massacre
NGO Reprieve warns Pakistan has executed 180 people since it reinstated the death penalty in January 2015.
Uganda: President Museveni releases rap song as he seeks new term after 30 years in power
Museveni expected to run in 2016 presidential election after government loosened term limits in 2005.
Burundi elections as it happened: Electoral commission announces that President wins third term
President Nkurunziza won with 69% of the vote to his rival's 19%.
Burundi election: EU ready to apply sanctions on officials who failed to prevent crisis
Election in Burundi slammed as unreliable after President Nkurunziza announced he would run for third term.
Nigeria: President Buhari warns that US arms ban supports Boko Haram
Leahy Law forbids US from funding foreign military units that commit human rights violations with impunity
Burundi unrest: Pattern of police brutality and impunity 'must end' warns Amnesty
Police and Imbonerakure – the youth wing of Nkurunziza's party – accused of abuses against protesters.
Rwanda President Paul Kagame third term bid: Millions want constitution changed 'only for Kagame'
Rwanda launches national consultation after parliament backs plan to scrap presidential terms and allow Kagame to run for third term.
Burundi election: President Pierre Nkurunziza ready to form unity government
Burundi counting votes after holding controversial election which saw Nkurunziza running for third term.
Burundi election: Opposition leader calls for government unity to avoid armed conflict
Election slammed as "not credible" by the US following months of protest over Nkurunziza's third term bid.
Nigeria: President Buhari will name cabinet in September as fighting corruption is priority
Buhari vowed to end corruption and terrorism during his campaign before March's election.
Nigeria: Government willing to release Boko Haram militants in exchange for Chibok girls
President Buhari says regional force ready to take on Boko Haram as attacks continue to claim lives.
Rwanda launches national consultation on President Kagame's third term bid
Parliament backed a proposal to scrap presidential terms and allow Kagame to run in the 2017 election .
Nigeria: Obama pledges anti-terrorism support as Boko Haram burns students alive in Cameroon
US and Nigeria strengthen cooperation to end Boko Haram's reign of terror that claimed thousands of lives.
Bedfordshire Police issue first protection order to prevent female genital mutilation
New UK law prevents people from travelling if suspected of planning to take girls abroad for mutilation.
In Focus: Help Sindhi people if you want to stop religious extremism
World Sindhi congress warns of alleged human rights abuses committed against the Sindhi community in Pakistan.
Nigeria Boko Haram: Twin blast kills dozens during Eid al-Fitr celebration in Damaturu
Responsibility likely to fall on Boko Haram terrorists as female suicide bombers detonate device.
Eid al-Fitr and Boko Haram: Terrorism and security stop Muslims from celebrating end of Ramadan
Curfew and movement restriction won't allow Muslims to buy food and visit loved ones in restive Maiduguri.
Nigeria: 'Illegal' Radio Biafra still broadcasting despite government effort to jam signal
Nigerian government wants to shut down the station which supports call for independence of former Eastern Region
Nigeria anti-gay laws: US puts pressure on President Buhari to allow same-sex unions
So-called "Jail the Gays" bill imposes prison sentences of up to 14 years on those involved in homosexual unions.
