The UN Assistant High Commissioner for Protection, Volker Turk, will pay a five-day official working visit to Nigeria from Feb. 18 to 22. This is contained in a statement signed by External Relations Officer, UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR), Nigeria, Hanson Tamfu in Abuja. It stated th...

Captures two terrorists kingpins, kill others Three soldiers, four vigilantes injured US trains 250 Nigerian soldiers on counter-terrorism Senator Iroegbu in Abuja and John Shiklam in Kaduna 
 The Nigerian Army in its continued offensive operations, has destroyed some remnants of Boko...

The Nigerian Army on Wednesday further renewed it bilateral relationship with the United States of America (USA) by inauguration a training assistance to selected units of the NA by the US with a view to professionalising the Nigerian security forces. Declaring the special training package of 145...

Un check point de l'armée malienne près de Ménaka dans la région de Gao au Mali a été attaqué par des hommes armés. Le bilan provisoire fait état de deux soldats tués, un blessé, du matériel militaire emporté par les assaillants, selon le correspondant de la BBC à Bamako. Une attaque au moment où...

En visite au Mali avec son ministre de la Défense Jean-Yves Le Drian, le Premier ministre français Manuel Valls a salué jeudi soir "la réconciliation en marche" dans ce pays où la France intervient militairement depuis 2013. "Aujourd'hui la réconciliation est en marche", s'est félicité le Premier...

Gros coup de filet de l’armée nigériane qui a mené une contre-offensive dans plusieurs villages de l’Etat de Borno occupés par le groupe terroriste Boko Haram et y a libéré 195 otages. Les soldats y ont en outre retrouvé du bétail, deux camions, 180 motos et 750 vélos. Dans un communiqué, le colo...

Suicide bombers kill at least 12 people and injure 50 others in market in Meme, northern Cameroon. Two suicide bombers killed at least 12 people and injured 50 others in a market in Meme, northern Cameroon on Friday, military sources told the Reuters news agency. Two men walked into the market...

The United Nations has warned that 830,000 Nigerians, ensnared by the Boko Haram insurgency which the government says has been all but defeated, are at risk of starving to death. “We are finding it very difficult to access most parts of Borno State where the need is the highest,” Toby Lanzer...

The United Nations Refugee agency UNHCR says it is looking to render more support to Nigeria. The agency’s Assistant High Commissioner for Protection, Mr Volker Turk disclosed this to journalists after a meeting with Nigeria’s Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo. He said the agency was con...

Under tight security, Niger has wrapped up its presidential election. President Issoufou stood his ground as opponents alleged corruption. The atmosphere was tense but peaceful in Niger on Sunday as the presidential polls closed in the landlocked African country. Security was tight at the o...