A 15-year-old girl, Oluebube Amadi, has refused to report her guardian, Mrs. Ebere Ugochukwu, to the police for allegedly assaulting her. Amadi, a primary six pupil, lives with the woman on Muhammed Akinje Street, Ejigbo, Lagos State. It was learnt that a Good Samaritan who met her while she was writhing in pain on the street advised the victim to report …

Students and teachers returned to a Nairobi-area school from a break to find that a barrier had been erected around their play area by a private developer in an apparent sale of the land. The Nairobi city council has not commented on the legality of the sale of the land it says is public, though some protesters allege it was an unlawful land grab. …

Suspected Boko Haram fighters have abducted 80 people, including children, in a deadly assault on villages in northern Cameroon, officials say. Government spokesman Issa Tchiroma Bakary confirmed that three people had been killed in the attack, which had targeted the village of Mabass and several others along the Nigerian border. He said soldiers had …