NIGERIA

While Nigeria's government fails to take action, Nigerian tech entrepreneurs are trying to curb the wave of scams from their own country. It will be a tough task.

Gunmen shot dead seven Pakistani charity workers, six of them women, in an attack in northwest Pakistan Tuesday.

After a new kidnapping, French President Hollande expressed concern over AQIM's partnership with Nigerian terrorist group Boko Haram.

Three more health workers were killed Wednesday in Pakistan when unidentified gunmen a attacked polio vaccine administration camp, in a fresh wave of violence against the U.N.-backed vaccination drive, taking total death toll to eight. The U.N. said it is cancelling a three-day vaccination drive following the bloodshed.

Polio remains endemic in only three countries: Afghanistan, Nigeria and Pakistan.

kidnappings in Nigeria have become so routine that they do not even make front page news.

Intelligence experts say the U.S. will lose its clout by 2030, but that won't be just bad news for Americans.

Just one day after announcing the iPhone 5 in 54 new countries, Apple released the iTunes Store in 56 countries around the world on Tuesday, including Russia, India and South Africa.

There has been a sharp increase in the number of terrorist attacks since September 2011.

About 200,000-300,000 Nigerians die annually from the disease, leading to a reduction in average life expectancy to only 52 years.

When the first Fastjet flight took off Thursday from its base in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, it ushered in a new age of budget travel for Sub-Saharan Africa. But can it last?

A Cairo court sentenced seven Egyptians to death in absentia over the 'Innocence of Muslims' video, and charged U.S. Pastor Terry Jones.

Gunmen raided a prison outside Nigeria’s capital city of Abuja on Monday, killing two guards and freeing about 30 prisoners.

A suicide bomber killed at least 20 people Wednesday night at Shi'ite processions in Rawalpindi, where Pakistan's army is headquartered. The attack took place a day before the Muslim leaders, including the Iranian and Egyptian presidents, gather for a rare summit in the capital city of Islamabad.

The UK government has spent $162 million to improve Nigerian schools, and plans to spend more than $200 million over the next seven years.

The European Union may send troops to Mali to train solders ahead of an African-led military offensive against insurgents.

ECOWAS has agreed on a plan to send troops into northern Mali; it will now be reviewed by the UN Security Council.

Ghana's presidential election pits incumbent John Mahama against challenger Nana Akufo-Addo, with fear of corruption as the backdrop.

Two Chinese construction workers were killed by gunmen in Nigeria; the extremist group Boko Haram has not claimed responsibility.

Robert Nkemdiche, widely regarded as the No. 1 high school football prospect, has reportedly decommitted from Clemson University

Justin Welby, a former oil industry executive, will become the Archbishop of Canterbury, replacing Rowan Williams.