At least 20 of up to 80 people taken hostage by Boko Haram militants in Cameroon at the weekend are reported to be free. Cameroon’s defence ministry said the hostages were freed “as defence forces pursued the attackers who were heading back to Nigeria”. Many of those kidnapped in the cross-bor...

Hafsat Mohammed uses hope to counter hate, but the activist knows the threats she faces are all too real. On a long, barren road in northeastern Nigeria, Hafsat Mohammed, squeezed into a public minibus, saw the gunmen materialise from the bush like a mirage. The 33-year-old was on her way to ...

Abuja/Dakar, 25 November 2014 – The European Commission is giving €5 million to step up its humanitarian assistance to the people displaced by the conflict in the states of Borno, Yobe and Adamawa. Conditions in informal settlements are particularly dire. Tens of thousands of newly arrived displaced...

N’DJAMENA – The economy of Chad is losing some 575.8 billion CFA francs (US$1.2 billion) a year – or 9.5 percent of Gross Domestic Product – to the effects of child undernutrition, according to a new study launched today in the capital. The Cost of Hunger in Africa: the Social and Economic Impact...