The pill is a combination of two existing anti-parasitic drugs that, used together, appear more effective.

Dr Angela Tabiri wants more African girls and women from less privileged backgrounds to study maths.

The money was recovered from Nigeria's former oil minister Diezani Alison-Madueke and others.

Eric Chelle will be the first non-Nigerian African to take charge of the Super Eagles, but what will the Malian bring to the role?

A tip-off leads police to a "human-trafficking ring" in a quiet suburb of the main city Johannesburg.

Former Premier League and Nigeria striker Peter Odemwingie explains how he became a PGA golf pro.

The general sparked controversy recently with a social media threat to behead the opposition leader.

Former Premier League and Nigeria striker Peter Odemwingie is now a golf professional with ambitions to boost the sport in his homeland.

A selection of the week's best photos from across the African continent and beyond.

Abu Agila Masud is due to face a jury in Washington DC in May, accused of building the bomb that blew up Pan Am 103.

The strike took place on one of Benin's most well-equipped military positions in the north, authorities say.

Two of Venâncio Mondlane's supporters are injured as police disperse crowds that had come to greet him.

Burkina Faso's Capt Ibrahim Traore had a holstered pistol in what some saw a security breach.

A group of two dozen assailants armed with knives tried to enter the presidential palace.

Carbon offsetting is a way to try to balance carbon emissions. It’s when an individual, company or governments invest in projects that try to take carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere, to compensate for their own carbon footprint.

Many of the schemes - like planting trees, protecting forests or switching to cleaner fuels - are set up in places like Africa or South America.

But how do these schemes work in practice? A paper published in 2024 in the science journal Nature found that few schemes led to a “real emission reductions“. Are they just a distraction or worse - a con? BBC climate and science reporter Esme Stallard answers our questions.

And Joshua Gabriel Oluwaseyi, a 24 year old climate activist in Nigeria, gives us his view on the impact carbon offsetting schemes have had in Nigeria - and whether he thinks they are worth doing.

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The paramilitary group is accused of the "systematic" murder of men and boys and brutal sexual violence.

Nigeria appoint former Mali boss Eric Chelle as the new coach of the Super Eagles, tasking the 47-year-old with earning qualification for the 2026 World Cup.

Former Premier League striker Emmanuel Adebayor says the gun attack on the Togo team 15 years ago has made "a huge difference" in his life.

The Afropop singer began her musical career in the 1980s and also appeared in popular TV series.

Cerebral palsy is believed to be one of the most common neurological disorders in Nigeria.