Galloping inflation and a currency crisis have provoked demonstrations across the country.

Col. Mamady Doumbouya, who seized power more than four years ago, took over 80 percent of the vote, according to a government-controlled agency that he set up.

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The West African countries said they made the decisions in retaliation against the Trump administration’s move to block their citizens from entering the United States.

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Detty December means a month of “back to back to back” partying in Nigeria’s megacity, both for locals and visiting members of the diaspora. Bring your stamina, dancing shoes and wads of cash.

Two brothers, both mechanical engineers, are climbing many of the world’s tall peaks to prove they have been measured incorrectly.

When the Trump administration slashed foreign aid, it gutted a program that had reduced malaria deaths world wide. In northern Cameroon, health workers scrambled to protect children in one last rainy season.

Whoever wins faces the daunting task of feeding the West African country’s poor and navigating the interests of global powers seeking critical minerals, analysts say.

The development carries potential benefits for both sides but still faces stiff international opposition, 34 years after the region broke away from Somalia.

President Trump said the targets of airstrikes in Nigeria were Islamic State terrorists responsible for killing Christians, but experts question his framing.

No group has claimed responsibility for the explosion, which happened on a day when many worshipers attend mosque for Friday Prayer.

No group has claimed responsibility for the blast, which happened on a day when many worshipers typically attend mosques for Friday prayers.

Detty December means a month of “back to back to back” partying in Nigeria’s megacity. Ruth Maclean, the West Africa bureau chief for The New York Times, attends for the first time.

The aircraft was on its descent from the mountain when it crashed around the Barafu Camp area in Kilimanjaro National Park, officials said.

The holiday spirit is bringing people together, with celebrations of lights, dance and Santa.

The internationally recognized government of Libya confirmed the deaths of Lt. Gen. Mohamed Ali Ahmed al-Haddad, the army chief of staff, and other officers flying home after a meeting in Turkey.

A union representing career diplomats said such a mass recall had never happened in the history of the U.S. Foreign Service.

A spokesman for the Nigerian government said that the “remaining” students from a Catholic school had been freed, but the Diocese said only that a “second batch” had been released.

Around a dozen gunmen opened fire at random at bar patrons. The police said they launched a manhunt to find the unknown assailants.