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Muslims have begun the annual Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia against the backdrop of a region deeply shaken by the...

Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu will seek a second and ​final four-year term in January after ‌overwhelmingly defeating a little-known challenger...

Saleh Mamman, a former Nigerian power minister, has been sentenced to 75 years in prison for laundering 33.8bn naira ($24.7m;...

Dozens of Nigerian fishermen are feared dead after Chad's military launched air strikes on Boko Haram militants in the Lake...

‎President John Dramani Mahama has held bilateral discussions with the President of United Arab Emirates (UAE), His Highness Sheikh Mohamed...

Brent surges above $110 as fears grow that the US-Iran war could drag into a prolonged conflict, while the UAE’s...

Panic broke out in Washington on Saturday night after a suspected gunman opened fire near the venue hosting the annual...

A total of 518 people died in Tanzania from “unnatural causes”, including 197 who were shot dead, in the widespread...

Global oil prices fell and rose again on Wednesday after US President Donald Trump said he would extend a ceasefire...

Leading South African opposition politician Julius Malema, 45, has been found guilty of the illegal possession of a gun and...