Two years ago, the Cameroonian government declared war on Boko Haram. Despite some progress, the group’s violent impact is still seen and felt deeply in the remote north of the country. n March 2016, Crisis Group Analyst Hans De Marie Heungoup travelled for four weeks into an insecure area only f...

Extent of Boko Haram destruction becoming clear * Ambush threat remains on roads to liberated towns * Civilians continue to flee Boko Haram guerrillas * Rains preventing assault on forest stronghold - army By Ulf Laessing BAMA, Nigeria, Sept 7 (Reuters) - Nigeria's military has libera...

MAROUA, CAMEROON — Lara Salamatou wants to resume her education, but as Cameroon schools reopened Monday, the 16-year-old could only get lessons in frustration. She’d tried to enroll in the government high school in Maroua, the Far North provincial capital, after fleeing three months ago from ext...

MAIDUGURI, NIGERIA/WASHINGNTON — Three years ago, at the peak of the Boko Haram insurgency, Nigerian soldiers stopped all fishing activities in the country's section of Lake Chad. Militants had infiltrated the ranks of the fishermen, the army said, and were using the guise to fund arms purchases a...

DSG/SM/1072-POP/1065 Deputy Secretary-General Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed's remarks, as prepared for delivery, on the Lake Chad Basin and Sahel at the Family Planning Summit, in London today: The Sahel and the Lake Chad Basin regions face similar interconnected ...

By Kieran Guilbert DAKAR, July 18 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Denied an education by the Islamist insurgency of militant group Boko Haram, tens of thousands of children across the Lake Chad region are instead tuning into lessons broadcast over the radio, the United Nations children's agency (U...

LAKE CHAD BASIN Violent conflict, caused by the militant extremist group Boko Haram in Northern Nigeria, has been raging since 2009. The violence has since spread to the neighbouring border regions of Cameroon, Niger and Chad, directly affecting around 17 million people. In addition, this area...

ICRC joins UK MPs in call for urgent action With over 11 million people now affected by the ongoing crisis in four countries of the Lake Chad basin (Nigeria, Chad, Niger and Cameroon), the ICRC addressed the All-Party Parliamentary Human Rights Group (PHRG) in the Houses of Parliament this week. ...

13 July 2017 – Amid rising terrorism and violent extremism in West Africa and the United Nations envoy for the region called on the Security Council to further support national and Regional efforts to combat this "serious threat", including strengthening the UN Integrated Strategy for the Sahel. ...

<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...