Six people were reportedly killed while one person sustained gun-shot injury when suspected members of Boko Haram sect invaded Goniambari village in Kaga Local Government Area of Borno State. The insurgents, according to sources, also destroyed some houses and vehicles using Improvised Explosive Dev...

The United Nations High Commission for Refugees, (UNHCR) has advised the Federal Government to increase its assistance to Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Agatu, Benue. UNHCR’s Representative to Nigeria and ECOWAS, Ms Angele DIkongue-Atangana, gave this advice on Wednesday in Makurdi in an ...

Today, United Nations Agencies and non-governmental organizations are launching the Regional Refugee Response Plan (RRRP) for Nigerian refugees. This appeal is urgently seeking USD 174.4 million to protect and assist some 192,000 people who have fled brutal attacks by insurgents in north-eastern Nig...

By Kieran Guilbert DAKAR, July 29 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Major aid agencies in northeast Nigeria said on Friday their operations could be hampered after an attack on a humanitarian convoy prompted the United Nations to temporarily suspend aid deliveries in Borno state, the former strongho...

Boko Haram terrorists yesterday suffered massive losses after an Air Force drone hit their base near Sambisa Forest, killing many and destroying equipment, according to the military. Also yesterday, two would-be suicide bombers were stopped by troops from entering Maiduguri, the Borno State capit...

Representative of the First Lady and wife of the Zamfara state governor, Asma'u Yari – The First Lady, Aisha Buhari has pledged support for women and girls affected by the Boko Haram insurgency in Nigeria – She lamented the condition of women and girls in various internally displaced person (I...

By Alex Whiting ROME, Nov 29 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - More than 40 percent of refugee families in Chad are going hungry after their food rations were cut two years ago, forcing many to reduce the number of meals and pushing some into debt, according to United Nations agencies. Chad in ce...

YAOUNDÉ (AFP) - "Boko Haram est en train de mettre le feu (au Cameroun) et personne ne bouge le moindre petit doigt", constate, amer, un responsable militaire camerounais après un nouveau raid meurtrier des islamistes armés nigérians contre une ville de la province de l'Extrême-Nord. Pose d'explo...

mnesty International urged Cameroon on Wednesday to investigate the death of 25 prisoners and disappearance of 130 people after raids by security forces, raising concern about possible abuses arising from a crackdown on Islamist Boko Haram militants. Amnesty said that the Nigerian insurgent group...

YOLA, Nigeria — Hundreds of bodies — too many to count — remain strewn in the bush in Nigeria from an Islamic extremist attack that Amnesty International suggested Friday is the "deadliest massacre" in the history of Boko Haram. Mike Omeri, the government spokesman on the insurgency, said fightin...