Nigeria

On Saturday, jubilant families were reunited with the daughters who'd been held captive by Boko Haram for three years.

Oxfam calls the level of inequality in the country "obscene." The disparity is only growing, the charity says, in light of what it describes as the misallocation of the country's resources.

The government promises a reunion with their families on Friday. But there is uncertainty about what will happen after that.

A photographer uses his lens to peer through perceptions of queerness in his ancestral home.

But officials offered no further clarity on the illness that has repeatedly sidelined Muhammadu Buhari this year. In announcing the visit, a spokesman merely stated that "there is no cause for worry."

Nigerians are raising concerns about the health of Muhammadu Buhari, who hasn't been seen in public for more than a week and has missed his third straight cabinet meeting.

Nomadic herders who live across West Africa are having to travel further and further south for their cows to graze. Some are letting cows graze on cropland, leading to deadly conflicts with farmers.

It's got drama and romance. It's where Lupita Nyong'o got her start. And a new study shows it's not just entertainment.

Conflict and drought have ravaged four countries across North Africa and the Middle East, leaving more than 20 million people in desperate need of food.