En Centrafrique, la campagne du second tour n' a pas encore officiellement commencé, mais déjà les alliances se dessinent. Une vingtaine de candidats se sont ralliés, ce dimanche 10 janvier, au candidat indépendant Fautin Archange Touadéra. Avec ce soutien d'une vingtaine de candidats, c'est pote...

By Emma Farge DAKAR (Reuters) - A long-awaited regional task force is set to begin raids on Boko Haram's last enclaves when the rainy season ends soon, the U.N.'s top official in West Africa said. Nigerian and Chadian forces early this year forced the militant group, which has sworn allegiance...

Talks held between Myanmar’s President Thein Sein and leaders of the country’s armed ethnic groups Wednesday ended with a tentative agreement to sign a nationwide cease-fire agreement (NCA) next month, according to sources and state media. Hla Maung Shwe, senior advisor of the government-affiliat...

Troops kill more terrorists, continue clearance Senator Iroegbu in Abuja The government of Benin Republic has concluded plans to send troops for the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) in support of the member countries of the Lake Chad Basin Commission’s (LCBC) operations against the Boko ...

This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Cécile Pouilly – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. 20 June 2017 UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency received information last night about three new shipwrecks in the Mediterrane...