A case against the Anglo-Dutch owned oil giant Shell to a Dutch court marks a historic turning point.

Summit looks to harness continent’s resources; rights groups say it condones actions of Equatorial Guinea's government.

Many in the restive north Nigerian state are hoping and praying that this Sunday will pass peacefully, after a string of deadly church bombings.

The fear is that Sunday's church attacks could signal a rebirth of the violence once common in the northern state.

The two events: a morning suicide bomb attack on worshippers at a church in Bauchi State, in North Eastern Nigeria, that left at least e