The families of Papiri had long called for security forces to protect their children at the school in northern Nigeria where more than 300 pupils were kidnapped by gunmen last week, in one of the country's worst mass abductions.

The World Food Programme says a spike in attacks by militants across northern Nigeria is expected to result in Africa's worst levels of severe hunger next year

In Nigeria, the bishops’ conference says conditions in the African country are giving credence to allegations of “genocide” in some parts of the nation.

Nigeria's health sector is booming with new partnerships, robotic surgery tech, and private funding, boosting local manufacturing and cancer care.

Gunmen have kidnapped at least 10 people in northern Nigeria, police have said, a day after the country’s President declared emergency measures to combat mass abductions, including the kidnapping of hundreds of children at their boarding school in the same state nearly a week ago.

The children were among the more than 300 students and teachers taken when gunmen stormed the Catholic school in Niger state.

Fifty of 303 kidnapped students from Nigeria's St. Mary's School have escaped after Friday's attack. Pope Francis calls for immediate hostage release.

Africa’s most populous nation was already facing one of the world’s biggest hunger crises. It’s getting much worse.

Former President Goodluck Jonathan has finally returned to Nigeria after he was trapped in military coup activities in Guinea-Bissau, another West African country.

Nicki Minaj responded to the mass kidnapping of 303 children and 12 teachers from St. Mary's School in Nigeria with prayer for hostages' safe return.