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LAGOS, Nov 16 (Reuters) - Nigeria's former PresidentOlusegun Obasanjo has gone to Ethiopia, his spokesman said onMonday, as various African and European nations pushed for...

By Libby George LAGOS, Nov 14 (Reuters) - Nigerian soldiers shot deadpeaceful protesters at a demonstration in Lagos last month,trucking away the bodies, said written witness...

* More than 100 die in 4 shipwrecks this week * Bodies, life jackets wash up on Libyan beaches * Toddler, baby among the deceased (Updates death toll, number of wrecks, adds...

(Adds second Islamic State statement, background) CAIRO, Nov 12 (Reuters) - Islamic State claimedresponsibility on Thursday for an attack on a non-Muslimcemetery in the Saudi Red...

CAIRO, Nov 12 (Reuters) - Islamic State claimedresponsibility on Thursday for an attack on a non-Muslimcemetery in the Saudi Red Sea city of Jeddah which woundedseveral people,...

* British soldiers plundered Benin Bronzes in 1897* Looted castings are displayed in museums worldwide* Nigeria's Edo state to build museum to house artefacts* Ghanaian-British...

(Bloomberg) -- The U.K.’s House of Lords rejected government plans to break international law over Brexit, putting the onus back on Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who has vowed to...

By Libby George LAGOS, Nov 9 (Reuters) - Nigerian immigration officialsreturned the passport of a prominent activist against policebrutality after it was seized when she tried to...

By John Whitesides and Joseph Ax WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrat Joe Biden captured the U.S. presidency on Saturday, several major television networks said, as voters narrowly...

By Libby George LAGOS, Nov 4 (Reuters) - Nigerian immigration officialsblocked a prominent anti-police brutality activist from leavingthe country and confiscated her passport, she...

(Bloomberg) -- Boris Johnson is set to push fresh coronavirus lockdown rules through the U.K. Parliament on Wednesday, facing down rebels in his own Conservative Party who reject...

(Bloomberg) -- Poland’s government is stalling the implementation of a court ruling that effectively bans abortion amid some of the biggest street protests since fall of...

By Angela Ukomadu and Libby GeorgeLAGOS, Nov 3 (Reuters) - Hundreds of men and women marched,clad in T-shirts supporting U.S. President Donald Trump or pinkfabric dresses bearing...

By Alexis Akwagyiram ABUJA, Nov 2 (Reuters) - "Hoodlums" wearing militaryuniforms may have shot Nigerian protesters campaigning againstpolice brutality and it was too soon to tell...

(Recasts with U.S. officials, adds details) By Idrees Ali WASHINGTON, Oct 31 (Reuters) - U.S. special forces rescuedan American citizen who had been kidnapped by armed men in...

WASHINGTON, Oct 31 (Reuters) - U.S. forces carried out arescue operation in northern Nigeria to recover an Americancitizen being held by "armed men" on Saturday, the Pentagonsaid....

By Linda So Oct 31 (Reuters) - Georgia lawmakers are pressing forstronger jail oversight after a Reuters investigation identifiedhundreds of deaths in the state's county jails and...