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In 2003, imams in northern Nigeria fomented a boycott of polio vaccinations claiming they were a Western plot to make Muslims infertile or infect them with AIDS. The result: The number of newly crippled children rose by more than double the following year, and there were fears that the disease would spread into a dozen neighboring countries.
With her golden dress shimmering in the sun and ornate henna tattoos covering her hands, Hauwa Idris is the picture of a radiant Nigerian bride. But her betrothal has hardly been typical: Both bride and groom are infected with the deadly AIDS virus and have been encouraged to wed by an unusual government program.
Two Russian oil workers who were kidnapped two months ago have escaped from their captors and been picked up by the military after a harrowing five-day ordeal, an army spokesman said Thursday.
One person was killed when assailants kidnapped the crew of an oil-industry vessel in Nigeria's restive southern oil region, a security official said Sunday.
The doomed man's eyes stare blankly ahead as he shuffles down a dark corridor, spreading a hush through the death-row cells. The hangman pushes a black hood over the convict's head and tightens a noose around his neck. The trapdoor opens beneath his feet with a clang that reverberates around the stone walls. A gurgle, one last rattle of chains, then silence.
A private security official says a Filipino ship captain was killed and two Russians were kidnapped in attacks in Nigeria's troubled oil-producing region.
Thousands of Afrobeat enthusiasts danced through the night in a cavernous warehouse to celebrate what would have been the 70th birthday of late Nigerian music legend Fela Kuti.
A U.S. documentary filmmaker was arrested along with his translator and accused of spying after he filmed soldiers in Nigeria's troubled oil region, a military spokesman and media rights organization said Tuesday.
A band of suspected militants attacked a naval houseboat stationed in Nigeria's restive, oil-rich south Wednesday, sparking a gunbattle that left five people dead, military officials said.
Stephen Batte works in a quarry under the blazing sun, chipping rocks into gravel with a homemade hammer. It's tiring, boring and dangerous.
Every week, Charity Kiconco drives hundreds of miles down some of the world's worst roads on a motorbike, bringing drugs and counseling to hundreds of AIDS patients.
Looting, arson and murder have become hallmarks of Kenya's conflict over a disputed presidential election. Another, less talked about tactic in the violence that has degenerated into ethnic clashes: rape.
Kenya's opposition leader demanded Saturday that the president resign and new elections be held, dropping a conciliatory stance that had brought hope for a political settlement to end weeks of postelection violence.
Barack Obama's Kenyan grandmother listened to primary election results under the shade of a mango tree, none too bothered to learn that the U.S. presidential contender was neck-and-neck with his chief rival.
Kenya's president and his chief rival held talks Thursday for the first time since last month's disputed election, under international pressure to find a way to share power. But the president angered the opposition by insisting his position as head of state was not negotiable.
Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki and opposition leader Raila Odinga have agreed to meet for the first time since the disputed Dec. 27 presidential elections, which sparked weeks of ethnic violence, former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said Thursday.
U.S. presidential hopeful Barack Obama's uncle has been a prisoner in his own home, trapped by postelection violence that has left more than 600 Kenyans dead.
The police chief in this opposition stronghold said she ordered her officers to fire on a rioting crowd, saying she was forced to because police were overwhelmed during protests over disputed elections.
The opposition called Friday for three days of rallies to protest Kenya's disputed presidential election, igniting fears of more deadly violence. Police said they would not allow the demonstrations.
Former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan is taking over mediation in Kenya's disputed presidential election, an African Union statement said Thursday.
Sitting in plastic chairs surrounded by chickens and barefoot children, Barack Obama's Kenyan relatives rejoiced in the early results from the New Hampshire primary.
Seated on plastic chairs surrounded by chickens and barefoot children, Barack Obama's Kenyan relatives listened to the radio Tuesday for news of how their favorite son was doing in the New Hampshire primary.
For more than a week, Dr. Scott Myhre didn't wear a mask or other protective gear when treating the listless patients who were flocking to his hospital in western Uganda.
Presidents and prime ministers from Britain and its former colonies discussed democracy, human rights and the rule of law Friday at the start of a Commonwealth summit, while police and anti-government protesters clashed nearby.
Five years ago, rebels bayoneted Ellen Atim's husband and five of her children to death. Atim narrowly escaped and fled with her surviving children to a displacement camp where they have eked out a meager existence ever since.
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