Cameroon initially dismissed the film of two women and two children being shot as "fake news".

Jawar Mohammed did not admit guilt in court but accused the government of targeting opponents.

An explosion in Lagos, Nigeria killed 23 people and destroyed a girls’ boarding school. But what caused it?

Sound science "will be the sole basis" for safe and effective therapies to be adopted, the WHO says.

An overnight blaze leaves a distinctive building at one of Africa's oldest universities a shell.