BY MADJIASRA NAKO N'DJAMENA - Chad's military said it had carried out air strikes against Boko Haram bases in Nigeria in retaliation for twin suicide bombings in Chad this week that killed at least 34 people, but the announcement was strongly rejected by Nigeria. The air raids caused heavy human ...

News Stories, 17 January 2014 HARRAN-KÖKENLI REFUGEE CAMP, Turkey, January 17 (UNHCR) –UNHCR on Friday joined top officials from Lebanon, Jordan, Turkey, Iraq and Egypt in calling on the international community to boost solidarity with countries hosting the bulk of the refugees fleeing the confli...

Au moins quarante-cinq personnes ont été tuées mercredi 19 novembre dans une attaque attribuée à Boko Haram d'un village du nord-est du Nigeria, fief de l'insurrection islamiste, ont indiqué jeudi des témoins et des responsables officiels. L'attaque a visé Azaya Kura, dans la région de Mafa, dans l'...

Quatre-vingt-douze syriens qui ont fui leur pays, où sévit un conflit armé depuis 2011, sont actuellement répertoriés au Mali, dont 82 ayant déjà le statut de réfugiés et 10 encore demandeurs d’asile, a indiqué samedi le Haut-commissariat des Nations Unies pour les réfugiés (HCR), sur Twitter. Le...

Warplanes from the coalition led by Saudi Arabia has bombed the residence of Ali Abdullah Saleh in the capital, Sanaa, but Yemen's former president is believed to be safe, witnesses have said. Three air strikes hit Saleh's residence early on Sunday morning, but the president and his family are "w...

The first, which occurred around 22:30 (19:30 GMT) on Monday, hit part of the facility in Saada province that was not being used, according to the charity. All staff and patients had been evacuated by the time the second strike hit about 10 minutes later. However, the Saudi-led coalition battling ...

When German President Joachim Gauck visits Nigeria, he will be coming to a country struggling with several issues including the impact of low oil prices. He will be meeting Nigeria's Buhari, who has his hands full. Nigeria is Africa's largest economy. But this economy is struggling on several ...

The UN body is hoping for progress following the report by the Advisory Commission on Rakhine State chaired by former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan. In an exclusive interview with The Myanmar Times on April 8, UNICEF deputy executive director Justin Forsyth shared his view on the current health...