An explosion in Lagos, Nigeria killed 23 people and destroyed a girls’ boarding school. But what caused it?

The 27 wooden coffins are said to have lain undisturbed inside a well at an ancient necropolis.

Sound science "will be the sole basis" for safe and effective therapies to be adopted, the WHO says.

An overnight blaze leaves a distinctive building at one of Africa's oldest universities a shell.

Zimbaqua mine is the first mine in Africa where the workforce is made up entirely of women.