Boko Haram moves into north-central Nigeria in apparent expansion – officials

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) - Boko Haram insurgents have taken over multiple communities in Nigeria's north-central Niger state, offering villagers money and incorporating them in their ranks to fight the government,…

‘Serious decisions’: West African leaders to hold summit on Guinea coup

By Cooper Inveen DAKAR (Reuters) - West African leaders will meet on Thursday to decide how to respond to the coup in Guinea and how to pressure the junta leaders…

West Africa bloc to hold extraordinary summit on Guinea -staff memo

ABUJA (Reuters) - The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) will hold an extraordinary summit on Guinea on Thursday, according to a staff memo shared with Reuters. Special forces…

Soldiers say Guinea constitution, gov’t dissolved in apparent coup

CONAKRY (Reuters) - Soldiers who staged an uprising in Guinea's capital on Sunday said in a short broadcast on the West African nation's state television that they have dissolved the…