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Kenyan fighter jets have bombed positions of militant Islamist group al-Shabab in neighbouring Somalia, a military spokesman has told the BBC.

President Goodluck Jonathan may have prevailed on the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) not to challenge President-elect Gen. Muhammadu Buhari’s victory in last Saturday’s election.

Kenya has begun three days of mourning for the 148 victims of an attack on students by militant group al-Shabab.

The death toll from an attack by gunmen at Garissa University College in northeastern Kenya on Thursday morning has risen to 70 while 79 others were injured.

The Interior Ministry said at least 79 people were injured by the attackers and had been rushed to a hospital with nine in critical condition.

Two officers and a civilian were airlifted to Nairobi for treatment.

The gunmen are said to have attacked the institution around 5.30am on Thursday.

Unconfirmed reports say that students may have been taken hostage.

Nation.co.ke reporter Abdimalik Hajir said he saw the bodies of the guards near the university's main gate.

Inspector-General of Police Joseph Boinnet said there was a shootout between the attackers and police officers who were guarding the students’ hostels.

"The attackers shot indiscriminately while inside the university compound.

“However, the attackers retreated and gained entry into the hostels. … (A) joint

Former Prime Minister Raila Odinga has condemned the attack on Garissa University College in which the death toll has risen to 15.

A swarm of gunmen stormed a Kenya university before dawn Thursday, opening fire and taking hostages.

Masked gunmen have stormed a university near the Somali border in north-eastern Kenya, killing at least two people and injuring about 30.

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has congratulated former military leader, General Muhammadu Buhari for coming up victorious in the Nigerian presidential elections.

Aisha Buhari took to her newly created Twitter handle to congratulate her husband, General Muhammadu Buhari on winning the Nigerian Presidential elections.

Below is the official concession speech by President Goodluck Jonathan following the historic victory by opposition leader Gen Muhammadu Buhari in Africa's most populous nation's national elections.

A fierce furnace last Saturday night wiped out parts of the warehouse of the Nigerian Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Abuja, with just two weeks to the country’s Presidential Election on March 28.

The fire which lasted well over four hours was brought under control by fire fighters at the ware house which is located at INEC’S Electoral Institute on the airport road in federal capital.

Although eye witnesses who got to the scene before security personnel cordoned off the area claimed that the fire consumed electoral materials, the commission insists that the materials were those used for the 2012 elections. 

Briefing Graphiconline, the Director of Security at the institute, Shettima Ngilladar blamed the fire on the country’s version of “dumsor dumsor”.

He explained that the fire started immediately after restoration of light to the area following one of the usual unannounced power outages, adding that “the incidence occurre

Sierra Leone's Vice-President Samuel Sam-Sumana says he is seeking political asylum at the US embassy in the capital after soldiers surrounded his house.

Nigerian troops discover Boko Haram 'bomb factory': military

Nigeria's military said on Friday that it had uncovered a Boko Haram bomb-making factory in the northeastern town of Buni Yadi after soldiers retook the town from the insurgents.

The world's first successful penis transplant has been reported by a surgical team in South Africa.

Nigerian troops discovered a Boko Haram bomb factory this week after they seized a northern town from the extremists, the military said.

Oscar Pistorius's lawyers have failed to block an appeal by prosecutors against the South African Paralympian's acquittal on murder charges.

A 31-year-old mother has been arrested by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) of Nigeria for concealing 430 grammes of heroin in her vagina at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos.

South Africa's power utility Eskom has ordered four of its executives to step aside while it investigates the problems at the firm.