An attack by an unidentified armed group took place yesterday morning (Thursday) in the town of Ouallam, some 100 kilometres north of the capital of Niger, Niamey, in what appears to have been an attempt to free prisoners from the town’s jail. In a simultaneous attack, the National Guard post respon...

Zara is 17 years old and she has a terrible story. It is the story of Boko Haram and what this brutal Islamist group is doing to thousands of people in north-eastern Nigeria and surrounding countries. Zara was kidnapped by Boko Haram and then freed by the army, but now finds herself sometimes wis...

This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Melissa Fleming – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at the press briefing, on 23 September 2014, at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. More than 138,000 refugees, mainly Kurds, fleeing ISIS threats to towns and villages in the northern...