9 March 2017 – Highlighting the multifaceted nature of the crisis in Africa's Lake Chad Basin, the deputy United Nations chief underlined the need for a holistic approach that includes responding to the Boko Haram as well as closing the gap between humanitarian assistance and development interventio...

Boko Haram militants attacked troops from Niger on an island base in Lake Chad, the government said Saturday, in a raid believed to have taken a heavy toll on the army. "At dawn on April 25, fighters from the terrorist group Boko Haram riding motorised canoes attacked the island of Karamga, a pos...

Abuja - Over 25 health workers have been killed by members of the Boko Haram sect since the beginning of this year, Executive Director of National Primary Healthcare Development Agency, Dr. Ado Muhammad, has stated, Punch reports. Muhammad said that the death of health workers in the course of ca...

12 April 2017 – The use of children, particularly girls, by the Boko Haram terrorist group in violent attacks in the Lake Chad region has seen an “alarming” surge in 2017, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has reported. According to the UNICEF report, Silent Shame: Bringing out the voic...

By Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani YOLA, Nigeria, Feb 22 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - For the first time in his life, 17-year-old Muhammed Sani can identify the letters of the English alphabet, read simple sentences in English, such as: "I want to eat" and "I want to go home". He can also work out si...

Dix fois plus d'enfants utlisés comme kamikazes par Boko Haram en un an dans la région du Lac Tchad selon un l'UNICEF. Quarante-quatre enfants ont été utilisés pour mener des attaques suicide au Cameroun, au Tchad et au Nigeria l'an dernier, contre quatre en 2014. Les trois quarts étaient des ...