Le président nigérian Muhammadu Buhari a déclaré dimanche espérer que les 195 écolières de Chibok toujours retenues par le groupe djihadiste nigérian Boko Haram seraient libérées, alors que le pays marque les 1000 jours de leur captivité qui a suscité une vive émotion dans le monde. Le gouverneme...

attacked an army base in the remote northeast where the group has been fighting for an Islamic state, a military source said on Sunday. Boko Haram attacked an army brigade in Buni Yadi in Yobe state late on Saturday, an army spokesman said by text message, without giving a casualty figure. "Fi...

BRUSSELS/ROME - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has recognized the Government of Belgium’s substantial contributions in 2016, a year in which the Belgian Development Cooperation (DGCD) has donated more than €28 million to WFP projects reaching nearly 8 million people in eight countries...

N'DJAMENA Chad, a key ally of the West in the fight against Islamist militants in West Africa, said on Thursday it has closed its long border with Libya and will deploy troops to the area in an effort to prevent the influx of militant fighters fleeing conflict in its war-torn northern neighbor. L...

MINAWAO CAMP, Cameroon, Dec 16 2016 (IPS) - Tears spring to Aichatou Njoya’s eyes as she recalls the day Islamic militants from Boko Haram arrived on her doorstep in Nigeria. “It was on May 24, 2013. My husband was sleeping in his room while I was on the other side of the house with our six child...

Filippo Grandi meets with Nigerian refugees driven from their homes by Boko Haram violence, and later presents funding appeal that aims to help them. MINAWAO CAMP, Cameroon – Rahia and her four children still suffer from nightmares after two years in Boko Haram captivity, when they saw men and wo...

Le Haut-Commissaire pour le réfugiés est en déplacement au Tchad où il s'est notamment rendu dans la région du Baga Sola où vivent plus de 100 000 personnes qui ont été déplacées par des militants du groupe Boko Haram, y compris des ressortissants du Nigéria et du Niger. Cette visite de Filippo Gran...

Attack on a vegetable market near a Boko Haram stronghold kills at least 30 people and wounds more than 50. Two schoolgirl suicide bombers killed 30 people and wounded dozens in a coordinated attack on a crowded market in the northeastern Nigerian town of Madagali, an army spokesman said. The ...

By Kieran Guilbert DAKAR, Dec 5 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Failing to improve the lives of girls and women trapped in poverty and domestic drudgery in northeast Nigeria could drive them into the ranks of extremist groups, analysts said on Monday. Many girls and women have been abducted by ...

By Kieran Guilbert DAKAR, Dec 1 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Flying in aid workers by helicopter to remote, hard-to-reach areas previously cut off from help by Boko Haram violence across northeast Nigeria has provided more than 45,000 people with aid over the past week, the United Nations said ...