The UN Security Council urged central African countries to step up plans for a multinational force to fight Boko Haram, in its first overall response to the threat posed by the Nigerian jihadists. The council issued a 13-point statement strongly condemning attacks by Boko Haram, in particular t...

Central African countries urged to step up plans for multinational force to face increasing threat by Nigerian group. The UN Security Council has urged central African countries to boost plans for a multinational force to fight the Nigerian armed group Boko Haram, which has seized control over an...

Quelque deux cents écolières de Chibok demeurent entre les mains de Boko Haram. Depuis ce kidnapping spectaculaire en avril dernier, les insurgés ont renoué plusieurs fois avec le rapt de masse. En novembre dernier, ils ont enlevé une cinquantaine de femmes et d’adolescentes à Damasak, à quelques ki...

La Guinée s'apprête à envoyer 500 Casques bleus supplémentaires pour renforcer son contingent au Mali, a annoncé lundi le président guinéen Alpha Condé de passage à Paris. "Nous avons un bataillon de 450, 500 hommes, prêt à partir dès février" pour renforcer la Mission des Nations Unies au Mali (...

The UN Security Council has condemned the recent escalation of attacks by the Nigerian extremist group Boko Haram and expressed deep concern that its activities are undermining peace and stability in central and west Africa. The presidential statement approved by all 15 members was the council's ...

(Reuters) - A man purporting to be Islamist Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau on Tuesday claimed an attack on the northeastern town of Baga in which scores of civilians were killed when the insurgents seized a multinational military base. The insurgents, who invaded Baga at the start of the year,...

Repeat of France's intervention in Mali is only solution to stop Islamist group, says bishop of insurgent-plagued city of Maiduguri By Colin Freeman, Chief foreign correspondent A senior Nigerian clergyman has called for Western ground troops to be sent in to defeat the growing threat from the...

La journée de dimanche a été marquée par une nouvelle incursion de Boko Haram au nord du Cameroun. Des centaines de combattants du groupe islamiste ont attaqué deux villages proches de la ville de Mokolo dans la région de l'Extreme-Nord. Ils ont réussi à enlever des dizaines d'otages. 24 d'entre eux...

At least 80 people have been abducted and three others killed in a cross-border raid in northern Cameroon by the Nigerian armed group Boko Haram, officials have said. The attack occurred in the village of Mabass, in the Far North region, Cameroon's Information Minister Issa Tchiroma Bakary said. ...

A suicide bomber in north-eastern Nigeria has killed four people and injured other commuters at a bus station, witnesses have told the BBC. He drove a car into the station on the outskirts of Potiskum in Yobe State, called over a girl selling water and then triggered the explosion, one said. Pot...