Nigeria has struggled to contain bandit groups who kidnap and kill but some communities are finding their own solutions

Conflicts over land and resources have deepened owing to climate breakdown, deforestation and population growth

Conflicts over land and resources have deepened owing to climate breakdown, deforestation and population growth

Son and stepson of Cameroon’s Paul Biya are seen as main contenders to be vice-president

Data lays bare the extent and geographical spread of attacks in Africa’s most populous country

Djidji Ayôkwé was handed to Ivorian officials in Paris earlier this month

Everything you've heard about Eritrea is probably true. But it is more than the sum of your thoughts, both negative and positive.

Everything you've heard about Eritrea is probably true. But it is more than the sum of your thoughts, both negative and positive.

Criminal exploitation, economic opportunism and religious persecution are all factors in a broader picture of insecurity

Protests have been banned and opposition figures sidelined as 83-year-old president ignores calls to step down

In Cameroon, Ivory Coast and Togo, where therapy services are almost absent, some stylists are being trained to listen, comfort and guide

An elite EU-trained Senegalese police unit was meant to tackle cross-border crime. Instead it was used to quash protests

Growing desertification is putting traditional livelihoods at risk in western Africa and encouraging the search for rare stones

Paul Biya, 92, has ruled Cameroon since the early 1980s. Unseating him in October’s election will not be easy

Paul Biya, 92, has ruled Cameroon since the early 1980s. Unseating him in October’s election will not be easy

Kigali and Moscow expected to back re-election of Faustin-Archange Touadéra as they seek to shield strategic interests

Experts say a crisis is under way in Guinea, fuelled by a growing market run by cross-border trafficking syndicates

Mamady Doumbouya has led the country since a 2021 coup. Some fear he has no intention of relinquishing power

Uncompleted or abandoned buildings are a regular feature of the landscape. Now calls for restorations are increasing

Current and former contributors to the international pages of the Guardian and Observer respond to an article by Ole Jacob Sunde, chair of the Scott Trust With regard to Ole Jacob Sunde’s article (We want what’s best for the Observer – and the Guardian.…

Nigeria has procured 12 pre-owned alpha jets from the French air force.

The federal judge who ruled Google was a monopolist in search is weighing the U.S. government’s proposal to force the company to sell its Chrome browser. Here’s what happens now.

US president remembers ‘stolen men and women and children brought to our shores’ and lauds American investment in country

Election is being contested between vice-president Mahamudu Bawumia and former president John Mahama, under whom corruption ballooned

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Estimated $2bn lost in missed taxes from environmentally destructive practice some blame on political corruption

Estimated $2bn lost in missed taxes from environmentally destructive practice some blame on political corruption

Mr. Brown kept time for a group that combined funk, disco, R&B and jazz to create some of the most memorable pop songs of the 1970s.