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A Greek owned vessel that was hijacked months ago was released Sunday, naval officials said.

Twenty-six people, at least half of them children, were killed in a stampede near a mosque in Timbuktu, Mali, according to a journalist who witnessed the incident.

Nigeria’s acting head of state has urged citizens to maintain peace and stability while the nation’s ailing president recuperates after more than three months at a Saudi Arabia hospital.

We shouldered our packs — leaving behind us a small town of wooden shacks, and making our way up a steep climb into the Mbe mountains and Nigeria’s last rainforest.

Nigeria’s political landscape was shrouded in mystery Thursday as its ailing President, Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, returned to the country after months abroad receiving medical treatment.

Ailing President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua has returned home to Nigeria, though it was not immediately clear whether he was well enough to resume duties.

Sudan on Tuesday signed a framework peace accord with rebels from the nation’s volatile Darfur region, state media reported.

Sudan will sign a peace accord Tuesday with rebels from the nation’s volatile Darfur region, state media said.

The United States on Monday called for a peaceful and early transition from military to civilian rule in Niger, following last week’s coup which ousted President Mamadou Tandja.

The junta leading Niger following last week’s coup and suspension of the constitution is working to return the country to democratic rule, a United Nations official said Sunday.