Hundreds of teachers have been murdered and millions of pupils terrorised in central Africa.
Last year 32 658 people were victims of terrorism but crime is 13 times higher.
Hafsat Mohammed uses hope to counter hate, but the activist knows the threats she faces are all too real.
Boko Haram, the low oil price and the firm’s rapid growth could all be linked to the huge fine slapped on MTN by Nigeria’s communications commission.
A Nigerian soldier recounts his experience on the battlefield with Boko Haram fighters and the army’s struggle to operate high-tech ammunition.
The continent is two years away from being certified polio-free but violent insurgencies could hamper efforts to finally eradicate the virus.
Nigerian soldiers fighting Boko Haram say the government is punishing them for unknown sins and sentencing them to death.
Guinean President Alpha Condé has said his country is ready to aid its West African neighbours in the regional fight against the Islamist militants.
The Nigerian army has freed 178 people being held hostage by Boko Haram including more than 100 children, it said on Sunday.
Authorities in Niger have banned the full Islamic veil following suicide attacks in countries in the region by women wearing the religious garment.
A report warns that an ANC faction, disbanded by the party, aims to make a return in the province.
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has pledged to recover oil revenues from an estimated stolen 250 000 barrels a day during a visit to the US.
Police in Chad have threatened to arrest anyone wearing a full-face veil, a day after a bombing carried out by a terrorist disguised as a woman.
Two suicide bombings killed at least 40 people in the central Nigerian city of Jos, witnesses said.
A suicide bomber attacked a church in the restive northeastern Nigerian city of Potiskum, in Yobe state, killing at least five worshippers.
Escaped captives say that some of the schoolgirls flog dissidents and slit the throats of captured men.
A group of girls from notoriously violent Manenberg has embarked on a series of road trips around South Africa. They document their experiences here.
The upcoming AU summit in South Africa will likely see issues such as Boko Haram and the Burundi protests steal attention away from development talks.
The organisation wants senior military officers investigated for war crimes including murder, starvation, suffocation and torture.
Civilians in northeast Nigeria are facing unspeakable violations at the hands of the very military whose duty it is to protect them.
Boko Haram had used Islamic schools to promote their violent ideology to youth, now these schools are trying to make a change by teaching peace.
Security was beefed up in Nigeria’s capital, Abuja, as final preparations were made for the inauguration of Muhammadu Buhari as president.
Three schoolgirls who were rescued from Boko Haram are now offering comfort and hope for other hostages recently freed from the militant group.
Hundreds of women and children rescued from Boko Haram in Nigeria have spoken to reporters about their ordeal.
Hundreds of decomposing bodies have been found in the northeast Nigerian town of Damasak, apparently victims of the Boko Haram insurgency.
The vexed leftovers of the apartheid military are reportedly turning the tide in Nigeria.
Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai has criticised world leaders for failing to help free 219 schoolgirls kidnapped a year ago by Boko Haram fighters.
Nigeria votes today in a closely fought election after a campaign dominated by a slowing economy and a war against Islamist Boko Haram militants.
Nigeria’s military continues to hold two Al Jazeera journalists who have been detained for close to a week.
African presidents from Goodluck Jonathan to Yoweri Museveni are allegedly spending millions on western PR specialists to fix their tarnished images.
As Nigeria heads to the polls, its weakened army faces criticism over its failure to contain Boko Haram.
The M&G’s Lauren Clifford-Holmes reflects on her trip to Chad where she visited refugee camps filled with families trying to escape Boko Haram.