Four aid workers were killed in a Boko Haram attack in Rann, in northeast Nigeria, the UN said on Friday, in the latest violence to hit the remote town.
Health officials in Ghana have confirmed cases of Lassa Fever at one of its major health facility called the Tema General Hospital, not far from the capital city, Accra.
A campaign has been launched in Ghana to end sex abuse in schools after series of media reports over the past six months detailing horrific experiences of students who are harassed and molested sexually by their teachers.
The United Nations has said that more than 10 million people who have fallen victim to Boko Haram attacks are in dire need of aid in Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad and Niger.
Nigeria's President,Muhammadu Buhari has received the backing of his party's national executive committee to seek re-election in next year's elections.
Nigeria's government has confirmed that 110 school girls from north eastern part of the country are missing days after Boko Haram militants attacked a girls’ boarding school in the Yobe state of Nigeria.
Some parents in northern Nigeria have said that more than 100 girls are still missing three days after Boko Haram militants attacked a girls’ boarding school in the Yobe state of Nigeria.