Au Niger, une attaque a visé, dans la nuit du samedi 10 au dimanche 11 septembre le camp de réfugiés de Tabarey Barey. Le site, situé à la frontière avec le Mali, abrite des milliers de réfugiés maliens ayant fui leur pays au plus fort de la crise dans le nord du Mali. Au moins deux civils ont été t...

Nine people killed, about 40 people abducted in a village near Niger's southeastern city of Diffa, officials say.

LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Hundreds of Nigerians who fled Boko Haram in northeast Borno State have returned to devastated towns and villages in recent days after the army seized back the militant group's last remaining strongholds, said the United Nations. Families will return to find ...

Nigeria has to get rid of polio — again. Last year, the World Health Organization declared the country to be "polio-free." That milestone meant the disease was gone from the entire continent of Africa, a major triumph in the multibillion-dollar global effort to eradicate the disease. But that ...

People fleeing Boko Haram protest over ‘starvation’ in camps amid claims of officials diverting rations, as UN warns the country is on the brink of famine Nigerian officials have been accused of stealing food from desperate people who are living in camps after fleeing the terrorist group Boko Har...

Despite recent gains against the Boko Haram in Nigeria, many of those who fled the group are still struggling. Thousands of Nigerian refugees in neighbouring countries such as Niger have been struggling for resources since fleeing attacks by the Boko Haram group. The Nigerian army has taken ba...

Maiduguri, September 15, 2016 — The Northeast of Nigeria is teetering on the brink of famine as 5 million people are in urgent need of food assistance, the International Rescue Committee (IRC) said today. All actors, including the international community, the Nigerian government, and the UN should a...

"Boko Haram a égorgé neuf personnes en ma présence. C'est ce jour (de septembre 2015) que j'ai décidé de quitter mon village", témoigne, encore bouleversée, Rachel Daviguidam, une Camerounaise de 30 ans. Un an après avoir été témoin de cette atrocité, cette mère de sept enfants n'arrive pas à eff...

"Unfortunately, five civilians lost their lives at the incident and another died on the way to the hospital," he said. "Three soldiers also sustained injuries." Another attack took place on Sunday when eight people were killed outside a church by suspected Boko Haram gunmen on bicycles shortly...

Hundreds of thousands of people flee from brutality and violent attacks in northeast Nigeria. Monguno, a small town in northeast Nigeria, used to be home to 130,000 people. Over the past few months, the population has expanded to 350,000 people. The vast majority of the newly arrived are internal...