Water, they say, will always find its own level when people obstruct its path. Such often comes in a hot furry that clears ...

Cameroon's October presidential election will be a stress test for the country's stability. Frustrations with the incumbent and ruling party, constraints on dissent, armed conflict and ethnic tensions ...

A report by the human rights organisation, the International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law (Inter-society), ...

Jihadist violence has displaced rural communities from Nigeria's northern agricultural heartland. Now, aid agencies warn that funding cuts and abandoned farmlands threaten food security in Nigeria.

Syria clashes erupt, Gaza tensions rise, and Ukraine hits back. Start your week with the key defense and security headlines ...

Tragedies from boat mishaps in waterways across several states have exposed a marine transport safety crisis in the country, ...

A boat carrying passengers to a market in north-central Nigeria has capsized, killing at least 25 people. The accident happened on Saturday near Gumu village in Niger state. Authorities say search ...

At least 19 people have been shot, two fatally, in gun violence across the city so far this Fourth of July weekend, Chicago police said.

The judge ruled that the police have constitutional powers to enforce laws, but must exercise the powers in accordance with democratic principles and the rule of law.

In our news wrap Monday, a fire at an assisted-living facility in Massachusetts killed at least nine people, Arizona's governor is calling for a federal investigation into why a wildfire along the ...

FALL RIVER, Mass. (AP) — Multiple people have died in a fire at an assisted living facility in Massachusetts, where people were hanging out of windows screaming for help, authorities said Monday.

At least 30 killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza as war deaths top 58,000, officials say At least six children were killed in an Israeli strike on a water collection point.