African Union proposes 7,500-strong force to counter Nigeria-based armed group amid rising cross border attacks. The African Union has called for a regional five-nation force of 7,500 troops to defeat the "horrendous" rise of the Nigerian armed group Boko Haram, AU Commission Chief Nkosazana Dlam...

L’Union africaine a appelé jeudi soir à la mise en place d’une force régionale de 7 500 hommes pour lutter contre les rebelles nigérians de Boko Haram. « L’Union africaine va demander au conseil de sécurité des Nations unies de voter une résolution dans ce sens et appelle la communauté international...

L’Union africaine a appelé jeudi soir à la mise en place d’une force régionale de 7 500 hommes pour lutter contre les rebelles nigérians de Boko Haram. « L’Union africaine va demander au conseil de sécurité des Nations unies de voter une résolution dans ce sens et appelle la communauté international...

Les chefs d'Etat de l'Union africaine sont réunis, ce jeudi 29 janvier, au sein du Conseil de paix et de sécurité. Le gros sujet du jour, c'est la lutte contre Boko Haram. Depuis des mois, on assiste à de véritables dissensions entre le Nigeria et ses voisins. Le Tchad et le Niger s'étaient notammen...

Par Cyril Bensimon Contre toute attente, Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta (IBK) s’est rendu, jeudi 29 janvier, à Gao, pour sa première visite dans le nord du Mali depuis son accession au pouvoir en septembre 2013. Ce déplacement symbolique survient alors que les violences se multiplient dans cette partie d...

Chad's army has driven Boko Haram militants out of Malumfatori town in north-eastern Nigeria, a senior official from Niger has told the BBC. The reported capture of the town, which lies near the borders of Chad and Niger, follows two days of fighting. Both ground and air forces are reported to...

Residents in northeastern Nigeria's Adamawa state fled their villages to the state capital this week after a string of deadly attacks by Boko Haram militants that marked the latest in a campaign of violence that has left thousands of people dead. Between Friday and Monday, the armed insurgents hi...

Libreville (AFP) - More than 14,000 people fleeing Boko Haram violence in northeast Nigeria have streamed into Chad since the beginning of 2015, according to a United Nations report on Wednesday. The report by the UN's Office for the Coordination for Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) put the daily arri...

"...they followed us, even in the deep water, and kept shooting at people in the boats and water" DAR ES SALAM CAMP, CHAD, 28 January 2015 (UNHCR) – Thousands of Nigerian refugees have been arriving in western Chad by canoe this month with harrowing tales of the situation in north-east Nigeria, a...

DAKAR, Jan 26 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The Niger government has lifted a ban on refugee camps in the south of the country as record numbers flee Boko Haram attacks in neighbouring Nigeria. The government had banned the camps fearing Boko Haram fighters might use them as bases to launch atta...