NIGERIA

In Nigeria, citizens suspect the government of entering into a shady deal for a sophisticated Internet surveillance system.

Jamaica host Mexico in a Concacaf World Cup qualifier.

African countries are rushing to fulfill their Millennium Development Goals by 2015, and some are more serious than others.

Mexico and Nigeria meet in an international friendly in Houston.

Reportedly, Malawi had agreed to ship 100,000 young men and women between the ages of 18 and 25 to South Korea to work in factories and farms.

The account name of an undercover officer, "tostealeverything," allegedly didn't raise red flags at Liberty Reserve.

Africa made strides in creating its own military rapid reaction force to deal with security emergencies in the continent.

Police have identified Michael Adebolajo, a British citizen from Nigeria, as one of two men who hacked a British soldier to death with cleavers.

About 40,000 Kenyan guest workers currently live in the UAE, primarily in the construction, hotel and travel industries.

Since 2011, London's foreign-born population surged by 54 percent, while the number of U.K.-born residents actually declined over the decade.

Nigerian armed forces have launched raids against Boko Haram Islamist militants in the north-east, officials said on Thursday.

The state of emergency comes after a deadly offensive by Islamist militant groups in the troubled northeast part of the country.

The new ways to extract light crude and Canada's tar sands are radically changing the oil playing field.

Lenovo Group Ltd. will introduce its first smartphones in Africa, with a release planned for Nigeria before the end of the year,

Foreign direct investment in Africa is ramping up, but forget China and the West. This growth is intra-continental.

South Asia, which accounts for about one-fourth of the global population, records 40 percent of all first-day deaths on the planet.

Economic growth is on the upswing in Africa, but it will only continue if the drivers of commerce can take flight.

The system from Israeli firm Elbit could help fight terrorism and cybercrime. Or it could spy on ordinary citizens.

Canada is demanding that Sri Lanka not be allowed to hold a Commonwealth summit on human rights issues.

Nine crew members were kidnapped from two different ships in two separate pirate attacks off the coast of Nigeria last week.

Cashew nuts are one of Tanzania’s principal cash crops.