Lorsque les jihadistes ont occupé Tombouctou, Abdel Kader Haïdara a sauvé près de 400 000 manuscrits. Un engagement salué dans une enquête passionnante menée par Joshua Hammer.

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria—In a forest of thorn trees somewhere far outside this city, the Boko Haram insurgency ran a boot camp for about 100 boys. Children as young as 5 years old learned to handle assault rifles and march through the woods in flip-flops. Their teacher was only 15. “I was terrified if ...

The International Organisation for Migration (IOM), Nigeria, has distributed 3,000 non-food relief item (NFI) kits to internally displaced people (IDPs) in Banki, Borno, to alleviate their suffering, an official has said. The IOM’s Chief of Mission in Nigeria, Ms Enira Krdzalic, said in a statement...

Bono and Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, visited a camp of 2.3 million displaced people in Borno State, in Nigeria’s northeast region over the weekend. The governor of Borno state, Kashim Shettima, accompanied Dangote and the Irish rock star on the trip. On Monday, Bono and Dangote met wi...

Extent of Boko Haram destruction becoming clear * Ambush threat remains on roads to liberated towns * Civilians continue to flee Boko Haram guerrillas * Rains preventing assault on forest stronghold - army By Ulf Laessing BAMA, Nigeria, Sept 7 (Reuters) - Nigeria's military has libera...

MONROVIA, Liberia, July 31 (UNHCR) – A month after their refugee status ended, more than 1,600 Liberians have returned home in the single-largest movements in recent years. Last Friday, 1,566 Liberians were brought home on buses and barges from neighbouring Côte d'Ivoire. Another 79 were flown f...

Solo Refugee Camp Closes in Grand Gedeh County *UNHCR hands over assets to community Monrovia, 21 March, 2014 – In an effort to provide better protection and humanitarian services to some 46,000 Ivorian refugees remaining in Liberia, and in view of the high cost of running refugee ...

MONROVIA, 15 DEC 2014—The Government of Brazil has provided more than 2.48 million United States dollars, to UNHCR in support of its regional appeal to respond to the Ebola crisis in West Africa. “Brazil is pleased to support the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, which has an excell...

Once every week or two, a group of almost 20 volunteers parades through eastern Liberia's Bahn Refugee Camp, singing songs and carrying banners. They may look like a song and dance troupe, but they carry a simple message that could save lives. House by house, block by block, they knock on doors and...

(UNHCR) resumed Friday the voluntary repatriation of tens of thousands of Ivorian refugees The governments of Liberia, Cote d’Ivoire and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) resumed Friday the voluntary repatriation of tens of thousands of Ivorian refugees from Liberia, which...