Gwoza town, located south of Maiduguri, Borno’s state capital was overtaken by Boko Haram in 2014. The militia group pillaged the town, setting homes and property on fire and causing thousands of people to flee in terror. The militia kidnapped young boys and girls, killed with impunity and caused ma...

ACCRA Dec 15 (Reuters) - Authorities in Ghana have seized a large illegal weapons cache including assault rifles and anti-aircraft ammunition, but police said on Tuesday it was unlikely they were meant for a specific militant or rebel group. The police detained a 63-year-old man from Niger in a r...

BERLIN, Germany (UNHCR) – Selwa sighed heavily sitting on a mattress with Renham, her energetic seven-year old daughter. The farmer abandoned her treasured land, livestock, fruit trees and two elder children, to make the dangerous journey from the Ghouta suburbs outside the Syrian capital Damascus, ...

At least 20 of up to 80 people taken hostage by Boko Haram militants in Cameroon at the weekend are reported to be free. Cameroon’s defence ministry said the hostages were freed “as defence forces pursued the attackers who were heading back to Nigeria”. Many of those kidnapped in the cross-bor...