January 20, 2017 Group: 11 killed at Nigeria pro-Trump rally; police deny it A member of a separatist group in southern Nigeria says 11 people were killed when security forces cracked down on a demonstration in support of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, though police deny there were any deaths.
January 20, 2017 Call for Nigeria military chief to stop intimidating press Nigeria's army chief must stop intimidating a news website and drop defamation charges, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Friday.
January 19, 2017 Gambia president-elect plans inauguration in Senegal Gambia's president-elect says he will be sworn in to office Thursday at the Gambian embassy in neighboring Senegal, as his country's political crisis continues.
January 19, 2017 French military: death toll in Mali base attack rises to 77 A French military spokesman says the death toll in the attack on an army camp in Gao, in northern Mali, has risen to 77.
January 19, 2017 Attack in northern Mali kills 33, wounds dozens more A suicide bomber in an explosives-laden vehicle attacked a camp in northern Mali on Wednesday, killing at least 33 people and wounding dozens of soldiers and former fighters now trying to stabilize the region.
January 19, 2017 Images show Nigeria refugee camp hit multiple times: Group Human Rights Watch says satellite imagery supports witness accounts that Nigeria's air force struck a refugee camp with "multiple air-dropped munitions," even though tents should have been easily visible.
January 19, 2017 A tale of 2 inaugurations: Trump vs. Gambia's chaos One inauguration has been planned for months, with a global spotlight and a Washington setting.
January 19, 2017 Who is Gambia's new leader? A look at Adama Barrow Adama Barrow is a former businessman and real estate mogul who emerged as the unlikely head of a coalition of several Gambian opposition parties.