Boko Haram militants attack Christians on Christmas Eve, killing 11
Security agencies had warned of an increased risk of attack during the holiday season.
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Freed pupils in Nigeria tell of ordeal with kidnappers
Schoolboys threatened at gunpoint and forced into the jungle.
At least 300 abducted Nigerian schoolboys freed - official
Islamic extremist group Boko Haram has claimed responsibility for the mass abduction.
Hundreds of students missing after Nigerian school attack
Armed bandits arrived at the boarding school after dark and began shooting, locals say.
Military rescues US citizen kidnapped in Niger
The man had been taken by armed kidnappers who demanded a ransom from his family.
UK Special Forces take control of 'hijacked' ship
The Nigerian stowaways had threatened to kill the crew before Special Forces intervened.
Why Nigeria is now erupting
New York Times: Protests started with anger over police brutality have now broadened.
Reports protesters shot dead in Nigeria
Video shown on TV in Nigeria appeared to capture live rounds fired on protesters.
Explosive ass-ault: Boko Haram turns to donkey bombs
Top official survives animal attack as tensions rise in African conflict.
What to watch out for: Kiwi business scammed out of $30,000
Rodney Keenan's business was scammed out of $30,000.
Covid-19 outbreak in Nigeria is just one of Africa's alarming hot spots
New York Times: Dozens of doctors are infected and gravediggers are overwhelmed.
Adesanya weighs in on Whanganui's Covid-19 fight
He is donating items to support staff in Whanganui, Auckland and Lagos, Nigeria.
They ordered her to be a suicide bomber. She had another idea
New York Times: The women outsmarting a terrorist group.
They came to play table tennis. They were deported at gunpoint in the dark
New York Times: Students in Croatia for sports competition deported to random country.
19 pregnant women freed from Nigerian 'baby factory'
Young women were kept in 'factory' and raped daily, to produce babies for sale.
Boko Haram is back. And they now have better drones
New York Times: After a decade of war, militants are now better armed than ever.
Mosque attack: City's imams reflect on tumultuous six months
They spoke to the Herald two days after the attack. Six months on, we catch up again.
Wiped off the map? The world's sinking cities
Indonesia is about to relocate its capital. But it's not the only city in trouble.
Passengers panic as man climbs wing, tries to enter cabin
In Nigeria, an unidentified man was spotted by pilots approaching the plane on foot.
Unwelcome visitors: Tourists from these countries find it tough to get a NZ visa
About 66 per cent from Iraq declined compared with only 5 per cent from China.
Suffering in silence: 10 shocking world disasters
A horrific disaster is unfolding in this tiny country - it's just one of many.
Birth tourism crackdown: 20 arrested over US citizenship rort
Chinese women paid thousands for their babies to get automatic US citizenship.
Dozens feared dead in Nigeria as leaking oil tanker explodes
Residents at the scene put the death toll at close to 60 after pit of fuel ignites.
Meet Tiffany Trump's new billionaire boyfriend
Construction heir who grew up in Nigeria which her father infamously called a "sh*thole".
Author opens up on being kidnapped and sold as slave
Fleeing suburban life in Canberra, an Aussie teen went out for an adventure.
'Britain must give back its stolen treasures if it wants to make friends'
"Every country should be given a huge shopping trolley and 2mins in the British Museum!"
Polio outbreak: How NZ coped with killer disease
In New Zealand's worst year for polio fatalities, 173 people died.
Fired flight attendant spat in coffee
The British Airways flight attendant fired for a racist rant allegedly has previous form.
Joy for Chibok as 82 girls released
The girls were exchanged "for some Boko Haram suspects held by the authorities".
Ethiopia is facing a killer drought
Food crises are erupting across Africa and there is no money to fight it.
Passengers panic as smoke fills plane
Terrified travellers could smell something burning about 20 minutes after take-off.
100,000 facing starvation in South Sudan
Joyce Luma, head of the United Nation's World Food Programme in South Sudan, called the famine "man-made".
Teen who lived in plastic bowl dies
A Nigeria teenage girl who spent her life being carried around in a plastic bowl because her body stopped growing has died.
Meet the man with 97 partners
While most of us are in a never-ending struggle to find just one person to love till death do you part, there is an elderly Nigerian with 97 partners.