The United Nations has warned that 830,000 Nigerians, ensnared by the Boko Haram insurgency which the government says has been all but defeated, are at risk of starving to death. “We are finding it very difficult to access most parts of Borno State where the need is the highest,” Toby Lanzer...

Maiduguri, Nigeria | AFP | Monday 2/1/2016 - 15:04 GMT At least 85 people were killed in a weekend attack by Boko Haram insurgents in a village near the restive north-east Nigerian city of Maiduguri, a state commissioner said on Monday. Borno State health commissioner Haruna Mshelia said 75 bo...

The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) has indicated that 92.4 per cent of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) live with host families while a paltry 7.6 per cent live in official IDPs’ camps, which has been a challenge to having proper accountability. It would be recalled that Nation...

Kano, la deuxième ville la plus peuplée du Nigeria, recèle des angles morts. A l’écart des rues sablonneuses et des avenues rectilignes de la bouillonnante métropole commerciale du nord du pays, ses zones industrielles décharnées alignent les usines à l’abandon. Près de 400 unités ont fermé depuis l...

KADUNA, 5 January 2016 (IRIN) - The temperature is dropping across northern Nigeria as the seasonal Harmattan winds blow in a haze of dust from the Sahara, blotting out the sun for days on end. It’s miserable at the best of times, worse still if you’ve been made homeless by Boko Haram violence and d...

By Gerida Birukila After breaking free from captivity in northeastern Nigeria where Boko Haram had overtaken their village, Halima and her family embark on a courageous journey to safety. MAIDUGURI, Nigeria, 11 April 2016 – What surprised me most about the little boys was that they refused to ...

Quadruple attentat suicide hier à Bodo dans le nord du Cameroun : 4 jeunes filles transformées en véritables bombes humaines ont pulvérisé le marché du village. Trente-deux personnes, dont des femmes et des enfants, sont mortes déchiquetées. « Le Cameroun est en guerre », s’exclame le bihebdomad...

By Megan Rowling BARCELONA, May 9 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Women in Niger travel miles by donkey cart to health centres in the hope of getting food for their malnourished infants, leaving their vegetable gardens unattended and chores undone, only to be turned away with nothing. Children ...

La nouvelle présidente en exercice de la CEDEAO, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf du Liberia, aura du pain sur la planche.­ Comme pour lui souhaiter la bienvenue dans le monde de l’horreur et des crimes gratuits, le groupe islamiste Boko Haram vient de frapper terriblement la ville de Bosso, au Niger. Une zone...

African Union proposes 7,500-strong force to counter Nigeria-based armed group amid rising cross border attacks. The African Union has called for a regional five-nation force of 7,500 troops to defeat the "horrendous" rise of the Nigerian armed group Boko Haram, AU Commission Chief Nkosazana Dlam...