Police say fighters from armed group Boko Haram broke into jail in northeastern Yobe state and freed 40 prisoners.
Last Modified: 25 Jun 2012 10:16 GMT
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As demonstrations against austerity measures continue, Sudan's president says they are the work of "a few agitators".
Last Modified: 25 Jun 2012 05:53 GMT
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Ruling party to debate whether mines, banks and land - 80 per cent of which is in white hands - should be state-owned.
Last Modified: 25 Jun 2012 16:00 GMT
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Fatal incident in bar in Indian Ocean city comes a day after US embassy issued "imminent attack" warning.
Last Modified: 25 Jun 2012 05:54 GMT
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With UN peacekeepers still protecting the war displaced, the refugee situation in West African nation remains tense.
Last Modified: 24 Jun 2012 16:25 GMT
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President, prime minister and four other leaders sign provisional charter that UN claims was seven years in the making.
Last Modified: 23 Jun 2012 01:13 GMT
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Washington designates three leaders of the African armed group as "terrorists" in bid to halt violence in Nigeria.
Last Modified: 21 Jun 2012 23:59 GMT
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Bodies of at least 47 Ethiopians found after boat carrying scores of migrants capsized in Lake Malawi earlier this week.
Last Modified: 21 Jun 2012 19:18 GMT
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Up to 65,000 Malians live in neighbouring Burkina Faso, which is struggling with the influx.
Last Modified: 20 Jun 2012 23:36 GMT
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Gambian says she is ready to lead the fight against world's worst war criminals, during speech at ceremony in The Hague.
Last Modified: 15 Jun 2012 19:05 GMT
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