African jihadist group

'Suicide bomber' claims to be missing Nigerian schoolgirl

Authorities in Cameroon and Nigeria are investigating a claim from a would-be suicide bomber that she was one of a group of schoolgirls abducted in 2014.

Al-Qaeda-affiliated group claims Mali hotel attack

An African jihadist group affiliated with al-Qaeda claims responsibility for an attack on a luxury hotel packed with foreigners in the Malian capital Bamako.