Farmers who organise into cooperatives in the northern mountain areas will be gradually allowed to grow cannabis to meet the needs of the legal market

Dozens of people were attending a funeral on a football pitch at the base of a 20-metre high soil embankment, which collapsed on top of them

Female genital mutilation is illegal in Kenya but 21 percent of girls and women aged 15 to 49 have undergone some form of it

The move is meant to tackle dwindling foreign currency reserves coupled with demand for dollars by oil importers

Equatorial Guinea votes in a general election, 80-year-old Teodoro Obiang is vying for a sixth term against two opposition candidates

Oluwajuwonlo Adeyemi has exhibited twice in Lagos. Some of her pieces have sold for over $1000

Some 58 ‘domestic birds’ of a total flock of 200 were found dead of the highly contagious virus

It will facilitate unhindered humanitarian access, provide security guarantees to aid workers, and ensure the protection of civilians, mediators said