(BANGUI, Nov 13 (Reuters) - At least 22 people were killed in a string of raids on villages in Central African Republic this week, a local official and state radio said on Friday, as an escalation of violence threatened to derail a visit by the pope and crucial elections. Pope Francis has already...

1 July – 31 December 2016 By Mohamed Ibn Chambas Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of UNOWAS New York, 13 January 2017 Monsieur le Président, Distingués membres du Conseil, 1. C’est un honneur pour moi de me retrouver devant cette auguste assemblée, pou...

A suicide bomber belonging to Nigerian jihadist group Boko Haram killed at least 11 people when he blew himself up close to a mosque in Cameroon near the Nigerian border, military sources and local officials said on Thursday. The attack occurred late on Wednesday and followed the breaking of the ...

The unrest started with the March 2 killing of two young Muslims by unidentified assailants At least ten people have been killed in clashes between rival militia groups in Central African Republic which began with the March 2 killing of two young Muslims by unidentified assailants, police told A...

NIAMEY Dec 17 (Reuters) - Gendarmes in Niger have arrested at least four senior military officers in a troubling sign of potential unrest in the West African nation just two months before elections, military sources and family members of those detained said on Thursday. The arrests were made on T...

MADUGURI, Nigeria May 14 (Reuters) - At least six civilians and six members of a youth vigilante group were killed in an attack by Boko Haram militants on Nigeria's northeastern city Maiduguri, two military sources said on Thursday. The attack was reported late on Wednesday in Maiduguri, which is...