How the tattered remnants of an Islamist sect transformed into a relentless terrorist army that Nigeria cannot defeat In February 2009, I was at a motor park in Maraba, a satellite of the Nigerian capital Abuja, looking for motorcyclists wearing dried vegetables on their heads. The Nigerian Polic...

The Restoration Council of Shan State (RCSS) would never consider integrating its forces into the Myanmar military or disavow its right to secede from the Union without consulting the Shan community, the group said on Friday. The group issued a statement Friday clarifying its position on two poin...

Fidelis Soriwei, Abuja Several people were killed in a twin bomb blast that rocked the Gombi Grain Market in Adamawa State on Friday. An eyewitness who spoke to our correspondent said that the blast occurred around 2pm when the market was filled to the brim. It was stated that several peopl...

UNITED NATIONS - The African country has experienced high levels of malnutrition since it gained independence in 2011, UNICEF said, and conditions have worsened since ethnic conflict broke out between troops loyal to President Salva Kiir and supporters of his former deputy Riek Machar. "Now the ong...

Maiduguri, Nigeria | AFP | Wednesday 2/10/2016 - 21:41 GMT by Bukar HUSSAIN Two female suicide bombers killed at least 58 at a camp for people made homeless by Boko Haram's Islamist insurgency in northeast Nigeria, emergency services said on Wednesday, in the latest violence to hit the remote ...