Some of the Nigerian schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram militants last year have been brainwashed to begin fighting for the Islamist group, with many carrying out public beatings and even killings, other captives have told the BBC. Women who claim they lived in the same camps as some of the 219 ...

ABUJA, Nigeria — More than 100 people were killed Sunday evening in northern Nigeria in a quick succession of what appeared to be carefully coordinated bombings by Boko Haram, the Islamist extremist group. The attacks, near the airport in Maiduguri, the capital of Borno State, were the deadliest ...

By Ellen Wulfhorst NEW YORK, March 24 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Advocates for refugees, the environment and victims of sexual violence earned prominent berths on Thursday in a list of the world's greatest leaders published each year by Fortune magazine in a tribute to their values, effective...

YAOUNDE, Cameroon – Thousands of Cameroonian youths marched through the capital Saturday to show support for the military’s battle against attacks by neighboring Nigeria’s Islamic extremists...

BANGUI, Central African Republic, May 16 (UNHCR) – Stepped-up fighting in Central African Republic has triggered new displacement in the troubled country, with thousands fleeing their homes, the UN refugee agency reported on Friday. "Already, as of May 2, more than 23,000 people were displaced in...

Local and international monitoring groups will be permitted to observe the upcoming by-elections after agreeing to conform with international norms, according to the Union Election Commission. The Election Commission's deputy director Hla Maung Cho said the by-elections would be held this year to...

A US aid worker kidnapped in Niger is likely being held by jihadists from the Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa (Mujao), the country's interior minister said Sunday. Jeffery Woodke -- the first American to be kidnapped in the west African country - was seized at gunpoint from his home...

Japan, China and Thailand have proposed to purchase saltwater white prawns farmed in Taninthayi Region, said U Kyaw Lin, a project manager of Katalu saltwater prawn farms. The saltwater prawns are being farmed in Katalu village, Katan Island in Taninthayi Region with the use of modern technology....

Ethnic autonomy and the long-sought federal Union of Myanmar is not so far off, at least according to the presidential spokesperson, who outlined an optimistic timeline at the second Union Peace Conference this past weekend. U Zaw Htay, a former military officer and deputy director of the Preside...

Plans to raise the literacy rate in the country and to provide education to less fortunate children and youth will be ready by April end, said Dr Khine Myae, director general for the Alternative Education Department. “The Alternative Education Policy Framework is intended to provide the required ...