Anayo Okolie The United States Bureau of Counterterrorism and Countering Violent Extremism has released its Country Reports on Terrorism for 2015 with an affirmation that the Boko Haram terrorist sect had lost considerable capacity to hold territory, though it continued to launch uncoordinated at...

At least 16,000 foreign nationals are stranded in Yemen, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) has said, adding that it has evacuated 143 people, as UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon pleaded for the resumption of peace talks in the war-torn country. The IOM said on Sunday it had flown...

Since November, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has evacuated over 1,000 highly vulnerable refugees out of Libya and is looking for durable solutions for them in third countries. On Tuesday, a flight departed from Tripoli bound for, Niamey, Niger, carrying 128 refugees and on Wednesday, a second plane...

Le sommet du G5 Sahel, qui réunit les chefs d'État de ces cinq pays membres (Mauritanie, Niger, Mali, Burkina Faso et Tchad), se tient ce dimanche à Bamako. Objectif : définir l'orientation de la lutte contre le terrorisme, mais aussi aborder l'épineuse question du financement. Sur ce sujet, le prés...

Skirmishes have broken out between the Tatmadaw and the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) in the KNU Brigade 5 area in the Karen (Kayin) State, Major Saw Ka Leh Doh from the KNU Brigade 5 said to KIC News on September 9. “Skirmishes are still breaking out sporadically. A skirmish broke out i...