Pour soutenir le moral des troupes nigériennes engagées dans les combats contre Boko Haram, des marches sont organisées ce mardi 17 février. Pays à plus de 90 % musulmans, le Niger dit « non » aux actions terroristes de Boko Haram. Cette marche républicaine est prévue pour se dérouler dans toutes...

Anne Look DAKAR, SENEGAL— In northeast Nigeria, insurgent group Boko Haram group has distributed leaflets warning people to boycott the March 28 nationwide elections. But that is not the only threat to security, People are moving their families away from sites of possible tension around the coun...

Moki Edwin Kindzeka YAOUNDE— Central African leaders on Monday called for creation of a special fund to help countries affected by Boko Haram. Meeting in Cameroon’s capital, leaders discussed details of the regional force being deployed to combat the Nigerian insurgents, who have extended att...

Au Cameroun, le sommet africain de Yaoundé s’est terminé ce lundi 16 février. Les chefs d'Etat d'Afrique centrale se sont réunis pour tenter d'élaborer une stratégie commune afin de lutter contre le groupe islamiste Boko Haram et de le mettre hors d'état de nuire. Autour du président camerounais Pau...

By Kareem Haruna A 24-hour curfew has been imposed on Gombe city as a result of Boko Haram insurgents who attempted to invade Gombe town yesterday but got repelled by Nigerian troops. Mr. Ayuba Aluke, Senior Special Assistant to the Gombe State Governor on Media told our correspondent that Gov...

A female suicide bomber has killed at least seven people at a crowded bus station in north-eastern Nigeria. Police say more than 30 others were wounded in the city of Damaturu, capital of Yobe State. No group has said it carried out the bombing but the jihadist group Boko Haram has previously ...

THE Federal Government has taken steps to strengthen security around all registered Internally Displaced Persons Camps in the country as a result of Boko Haram insurgency in the North East. Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr Mohammed Bello Adoke, made this known while ...

Nigeria held meetings with the United Nations (UN), Chad, Cameroon, Egypt and Niger at the just-concluded AU summit in Addis Ababa on how to effectively combat Boko Haram insurgency, an official said. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Aminu Wali, made the fact known in a statement in Abuja, on Thu...

Le groupe islamiste a mené dans la nuit de jeudi à vendredi une attaque dans la localité de Ngouboua, sur une rive du lac Tchad. Les assaillants sont arrivés à bord de trois pirogues rapides et ont fait au moins une dizaine de morts, dont le chef du village et un gendarme. Après l’attaque, l’armée t...

Nigerian Boko Haram militants have carried out an attack on Chad overnight, the first such assault on Chadian soil, officials say. Fighters crossed Lake Chad in four motorboats and attacked a village, an army spokesman told the BBC. The Islamist militants were pushed back by Chadian troops aft...