Hafsat Mohammed uses hope to counter hate, but the activist knows the threats she faces are all too real. On a long, barren road in northeastern Nigeria, Hafsat Mohammed, squeezed into a public minibus, saw the gunmen materialise from the bush like a mirage. The 33-year-old was on her way to ...

•Buhari promises they will be rescued • Find the now, says BBOG as police bar protesters from Aso Rock • Gordon Brown renews call for global action to assist with release of the girls Bolaji Adebiyi, Tobi Soniyi in Abuja and Michael Olugbode in Maiduguri Following the broadcast of the proof ...

Justice Micah Wrights of ECOWAS Community Court on Wednesday in Abuja, dismissed the suit against the Federal Government over the violation of the rights of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs). The plaintiff, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Projects (SERAP), in suit no ECW/CCJ/APP/31/15,...

GENEVA, Dec 8, (UNHCR) – The Mediterranean crossing is treacherous, the risk of drowning is constant. But still they come, day after day, in a fleet of dinghies spilling them onto the shores of Greek Islands near Turkey, almost 800,000 so far in 2015 alone. Most are fleeing the conflict in Syria....

26 November 2015 -- “I was on my way home from the school when my bus came under fire,” says 11-year-old Niatou Christy Judicael, who was injured in both legs on 4 November when his bus was shot at with automatic weapons. The recent flare in violence in Bangui, the capital of Central African Republi...