Maiduguri, 8 August 2017. The Commission of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) through one of its agencies, the Regional Food Security Reserve (RFSR) donated 1,130 tons, about 22,600 bags of foodstuff to the Nigerian government for distribution to the following States: Borno, Gom...

Au moins 31 pêcheurs ont été tués par le groupe djihadiste Boko Haram sur les rives nigérianes du lac Tchad, a-t-on appris lundi 7 août de sources locales. Des combattants armés ont envahi samedi les îles sur les eaux du lac Tchad, où ils ont massacré des pêcheurs qui y travaillaient. Les djihadi...

Au Cameroun, le week-end a été particulièrement meurtrier dans le village d’Ouro-Kessoum, à 2 km de la frontière nigériane, dans l’extrême nord du pays. Huit personnes ont été tuées par un kamikaze. La région est confrontée à une résurgence d'attaques attribuées à Boko Haram, après des mois de relat...

DAKAR (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Fear of Boko Haram attacks has driven at least 7,000 people from Niger to seek refuge in Chad in the last week, and thousands more may cross the border if the violence escalates, the United Nations said on Monday. The recent arrivals in Chad's Lake region felt...

MAROUA, CAMEROON — The African Union Peace and Security Council has urged Cameroon to ensure the repatriation of Nigerian refugees fleeing Boko Haram is done on a voluntary basis. Hundreds of refugees, most of them children, complain they are thirsty and hungry as they leave Cameroon on their w...

Dr. Rebecca Dali, the Chief Executive Officer, Centre for Caring, Empowerment, and Peace Initiatives (CCEPI), has won the 2017 Sérgio Vieira de Mello award in recognition of her humanitarian services in the North-East, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. Mr Hanson Tamfu, the External Relati...

At least eight people have been killed after female suicide bombers attacked two camps hosting internally displaced people (IDP) in Maiduguri, northeastern Nigeria, a civilian self-defence group said. It was the first major attack on a displaced persons camp in the city which is the birthplace of...

<i>L’économiste Gilles Olakounlé Yabi analyse et s’inquiète de l’ampleur de la présence militaire et sécuritaire franco-européenne dans l’espace sahélien.</i> De nombreuses voix africaines ont réagi aux propos du président français Emmanuel Macron tenus au terme du sommet du G20 en Allemagne. Sel...

Teams from Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) are scaling up assistance in anticipation of increasing humanitarian and medical needs in hard-to-reach areas of Borno state, Nigeria. The onset of the rainy season will render some locations impossible to reach, as the countryside transforms into muddy s...

20 July 2017 – Urgent action is needed now towards the meaningful participation of women in peace processes, as well ensuring their voices are heard in all aspects of society, the United Nations deputy chief told reporters in Abuja today as part of a first-ever UN-African Union trip focused on women...