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Dozens more are injured after sticks of dynamite in a market near the mine blew up, officials say.

President Buhari says the success of local rice production means prices will drop - but they haven't.

Why suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police Abba Kyari has fallen out of favour in Nigeria.

The ex-footballer was shot dead in his taxi - a job that highlighted post-retirement challenges.

What it is like trying to do a job in a culture where women traditionally take second place to men.

The children were killed by accident in an air strike by neighbouring Nigeria, local officials said.

Motorcyclist Fehintoluwa Okegbenie jumped on her beloved motorcycle and rode through 22 states in Nigeria in just seven days.

Rita Eze's trip back to Nigeria turned into an odyssey of bad luck, bureaucracy and bewilderment.

A "monumental day" for Ethiopia but Egypt and Sudan fear it will reduce their share of Nile waters.

St Paul's Cathedral invites artist Victor Ehikhamenor to respond to the looting of the Benin Bronzes.

The blast in Beledweyne town at a restaurant popular with politicians comes a day before a local vote.

Eight soldiers died after in a rebel attack in the north-east of the country, the army says.

How bags of rice will be used by grovelling Nigerian candidates to curry favour.

Nigerian sprinter Blessing Okagbare is given a 10-year ban for "multiple breaches of anti-doping rules".

Africa was declared free of wild polio in 2020 after a major continent-wide vaccination campaign.

Sita el-Nufur, who was killed during anti-military demonstrations, has become an icon for protesters.

Will France's decision to remove 5,000 personnel weaken the fight against Islamists in Africa's Sahel?

Africa's leading tennis player, Ons Jabeur, defends Novak Djokovic's choice to not have the Covid-19 vaccine - but says she hopes he changes his mind.

France says growing hostility from Mali's new military junta forced the withdrawal

With 200 million speakers there is a renewed push to make Swahili a common language for Africa.