Nigeria

The central bank is piling on more restrictions to shore-up its dwindling dollar reserves

The latest plan to address the country's infrastructure backlog follows a string of failed attempts

Scandals linked to the former leader's adviser could implicate an array of senior opposition figures

The 2016 budget is one of the more important signals of the new government's plans

The Biafra protest movement in the south-east rests on grievances that would worsen under state violence

Next year is critical for the administration to prove that its reformist policies can work in testing economic times

With banks highly reliant on oil sector lending, prolonged low energy prices are raising default risks

After a lull over the past few months, Boko Haram has launched two attacks in urban areas of northern Nigeria