As many as 35 people were killed in election violence in Nigeria, civil society groups said.
Nigeria's electoral commission approved the resumption of political campaigning, the body said, after the general elections were delayed by a week.
Nigerians will on February 16 choose between two septuagenarians to lead Africa's largest democracy: President Muhammadu Buhari and former vice president Atiku Abubakar. ...
Nigeria's military has committed crimes against humanity including torture and rape in its fight against Boko Haram, Amnesty International said.
Cameroon has forcibly deported at least 100 000 Nigerians who had fled there to escape Islamist Boko Haram militants, Human Rights Watch said.