The race for Nigeria’s top job began Wednesday as the West African nation’s electoral commission formally opened the campaign season

Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema has been reelected to serve a second five-year term

Congo's Ebola outbreak has spread to a sixth province after a death in Bas-Uele, according to Africa's CDC

The Ebola outbreak has spread to a new province in Congo, the head of Africa CDC says

A gunbattle between rebels and Nigerian security forces has left 10 police officers dead

Nigeria's army has rescued 33 people who were abducted while traveling in Zamfara state, in the country's north west

At least 163 Nigerian captives, mostly women and children, have spoken of the suffering and fear they lived in for six months They were handed over by security forces in Kwara on Friday and were anticipating their return home to reunite with their families

FIFA president Gianni Infantino has held off the potential of an internal revolt during a summit meeting in Morocco this week

Ebola has killed over 1,700 people in eastern Congo, becoming the fastest-growing outbreak of the disease