The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) says over 9 million people are in urgent need of aid in the Lake Chad region of Africa. More than 2.4 million people have fled their homes in four countries, Niger, Chad, Cameroon and Nigeria because of the conflict between government forces and ar...

Geneva / Bangui – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is deeply concerned by intensifying violence in the Central African Republic. The organization calls upon all parties to the conflict, leaders of armed groups and individual fighters to respect human life and dignity, spare civili...

By Kieran Guilbert DAKAR, Nov 10 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Boko Haram violence in the drought and flood-stricken swamplands of Lake Chad, which has destroyed livelihoods, torn communities apart and forced millions to flee their homes, could worsen Europe's migration crisis, a United Nations ...