An alliance of Tuareg-led rebels and the Malian government have signed a peace deal which is meant to draw a line under a 2012 uprising. The deal should grant the Tuareg rebels greater autonomy in the northern areas of this African country. Mali has been embroiled in chaos since a coup in 2012. ...

Local support for the so-called West Africa Province of the Islamic State (more commonly referred to as Boko Haram) has always been a nebulous subject. Often measured in terms of recruitment, local support for the organisation has been erratic over time and shaped by various factors. Nonetheless,...

A UNHCR report reveals that 65.3 million people were displaced as of the end of 2015, compared to 59.5 million just twelve months earlier Conflict and persecution caused global forced displacement to escalate sharply in 2015 reaching the highest level ever recorded and representing immense human ...

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...

N'Djamena, Chad | AFP | Saturday 5/1/2016 - 03:42 GMT by Valérie LEROUX With US and European support, African states threatened by Boko Haram are out to smash the militant Islamist group terrorising the region -- but a coordinated response is required if they are to succeed. A regional offe...

Three female suicide bombers have blown themselves up and killed 27 people in north-east Nigeria, according to local militia, in an attack bearing the hallmark of Boko Haram militants. One bomber detonated her device on Tuesday at a market in Mandarari 25km from the city of Maiduguri while two mo...

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso, May 4 (UNHCR) – Taking a sheaf of palm fronds in her hand, Tuareg artisan Bintou starts to weave a decorative mat to be fixed on a newly designed desk lamp that may one day light up homes in Europe and elsewhere. An accomplished leather worker back home in Mali, she is ...

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Abuja, June 15, 2016 (NAN) The Acting Federal Commissioner, National Commission for Refugee, Migrants, and Internally Displaced persons (NCFRMI), has said that the Federal Government will support every effort targeted at re-integrating Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs). Mrs Ma...

Nobel peace laureate Malala Yousafzai on Monday criticised Nigerian and world leaders for not doing enough to help free 219 schoolgirls kidnapped a year ago by Boko Haram militants. “In my opinion, Nigerian leaders and the international community have not done enough to help you,” she said in a l...