Au nord du Mali, l'accord de juin dernier signé entre le gouvernement malien et les groupes armés est censé avoir apaisé les tensions, mais il y a encore des dissidences. Le leader touareg islamiste, Iyad Ag Ghali, dans un document sonore authentifié ce week-end, rejette l'accord de paix signé par s...

A severe fuel crisis has hit Nigeria with long queues of angry motorists waiting for hours outside petrol stations in major cities to fill up. Importers are accused of withholding petrol because of a payment dispute with the government, which they deny. This is the biggest fuel shortage in Nig...

YOLA, Nigeria (Reuters) - A blast struck a market in the northeastern Nigerian city of Yola on Tuesday evening, killing 32 people and wounding 80 others, both the Red Cross and National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said. The explosion occurred at a fruit and vegetable market beside a main r...

Nov 18 (Reuters) - Facebook Inc activated its "Safety Check" feature after deadly blasts in Nigeria late on Tuesday following criticism from users that the social media network was being selective about deploying it. Facebook usually activates the feature, which allows users to mark themselves as...

President Buhari orders arrest after money meant for weapons to fight Boko Haram goes missing. Nigeria's president has ordered the arrest of the former national security adviser for allegedly stealing more than $2bn meant to purchase weapons for the military to fight the armed group Boko Haram. ...

More than 30 people dead after explosion rips through crowds in eastern city of Yola. At least 32 people have been killed and dozens more wounded in a blast at a market in the northeastern Nigerian city of Yola, the Red Cross and National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said. The explosion ...

MAIDUGURI/YOLA, 17 November 2015 (IRIN) - Memuna* was four months pregnant when Boko Haram attacked her village on the outskirts of Bama, some 60 kilometres southeast of the Borno State capital of Maiduguri. Her husband was killed during the September 2014 raid. She was captured and thrown into a...

« Reprendre la sécurité du pays en main », c'est l'objectif affiché du ministre malien de la Sécurité intérieure. Deux mois à peine après sa nomination à ce poste sensible, le colonel-major Salif Traoré a annoncé quelques mesures devant la presse qu'il a rencontrée mardi 17 novembre à Bamako. En ...

Sambo Dasuki se défend d'être un voleur. L'ancien conseiller nigérian pour la sécurité nationale est en résidence surveillée et le président Buhari a demandé son arrestation. Il est accusé par un comité mis en place pour auditer les contrats d'achat d'armement d'avoir détourné des sommes allant jusq...

En deux jours, deux attaques de grande ampleur ont endeuillé deux grandes villes du nord-est du pays : Yola, dans l’Adamawa, mardi 17 novembre, et Kano, le mercredi 18 novembre. Au total, en deux jours, 47 personnes ont perdu la vie. Ces attaques récurrentes surviennent alors que l'armée nigériane a...