northeast Nigeria
UN Security Council Visit To Draw Attention To Lake Chad Crisis
UN Security Council envoys on Thursday travel to Africa's Lake Chad region, where famine, the Boko Haram insurgency,...
Thousands Flee Boko Haram Attacks Around Nigeria’s Chibok
Some 7,000 people have fled from villages around the northeast Nigerian town of Chibok because of Boko Haram attacks,...
France Sends Backup To Niger After 16 Troops Killed
France is to send a contingent of counterterror forces to help the army in Niger after militants ambushed a military...
Boko Haram Spokesperson Killed After Plot To Oust Leader
The leader of Boko Haram’s main faction, Abubakar Shekau, has admitted killing the group’s purported spokesperson...
Boko Haram Attack Kills Seven In Nigeria
At least seven soldiers were killed in a Boko Haram attack on military positions in northeast Nigeria, a civilian...
Boko Haram Leader Killed Spokesman Over ‘leadership Plot’
The leader of Boko Haram's main faction, Abubakar Shekau, has admitted killing the group's purported spokesman over an...
World Donors Gather In Oslo To Tackle Nigeria Famine
UN aid agencies and donor countries gathered in Oslo Thursday for a two-day meeting to raise emergency aid for millions...
‘Africa’s Most Acute Crisis’
An international conference in Oslo on Friday aims to raise $1.5 billion (1.4 billion euros) to help people affected by...
UN Needs $4.4 Bn For Famine Relief In Four Countries
UN aid agencies need $4.4 billion in emergency funding to address famine in Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan and Yemen, UN...
Helping the Boko Haram Displaced
Not a single car remains in the town of Dikwa in northeast Nigeria and there's no way to communicate to the outside...
Civilians In the Crossfire of Boko Haram and the Military
The four women lay dazed on the beds of the clinic. The face of one of them was burnt. Another broke her leg during the...
1.4 Million Children Face Famine In Four Countries
Almost 1.4 million children suffering from severe malnutrition could die this year from famine in Nigeria, Somalia,...
Suicide Bombers Die In Failed Attack In Nigeria
As many as seven suicide bombers, six of them women, have blown themselves up while trying to attack the northeast...
UN Food Agency Hopes For Continued US Funding
Maiduguri (Nigeria) (AFP) - The head of the World Food Programme said she was hopeful of continued US funding for the...
UN Food Agency Hopes For Continued US Funding
Maiduguri (Nigeria) (AFP) - The head of the World Food Programme said she was hopeful of continued US funding for the...
Chibok Girl Recalls ‘miracle’ Release By Boko Haram
When Boko Haram fighters decided to release some of the 200 Chibok schoolgirls kidnapped two-and-a-half years ago in...
Suicide Bomber Kills 2 In Cameroon Market
A suicide bomber in the northern Cameroon town of Mora killed a young student and a woman in an attack on a market full...
Two Girl Suicide Bombers Attack North Cameroon Town
Two young female suicide bombers attacked a town in Cameroon's Far North region early on Thursday, authorities said,...
Some 14 Million In Northeast Nigeria May Need Humanitarian Aid In 2017
Around 14 million people will need humanitarian help in the former northeast Nigerian stronghold region of Boko Haram...