Chad has declared a state of emergency in the Lake Chad region after attacks by Boko Haram militants from Nigeria. The decision came after at least two people were killed in a suspected Boko Haram suicide bomb attack. Ministers say sweeping powers to control people's movements are needed becau...

Alors que depuis huit mois, la secte Boko Haram attaque les frontières nord du Cameroun, le pays s’emploie à préserver son unité et sa solidarité. La communauté musulmane est la première à dénoncer les agissements de la secte jihadiste et veut éviter tout amalgame. Samedi 7 février au Palais des ...

The hot season is fast approaching in northern Niger and the sun burns into the flimsy roofs of the refugee tents, the plastic sheeting an incongruous blue against the few stems of green on trees and the dun colour of the sandy ground. Seventy-year-old Mohammed Islamta arranges his few meagre pos...

As the Nigerian government continues to open up areas formerly controlled by Boko Haram and to facilitate the return of thousands of people to their home areas in the north-east, the scale of the damage is becoming more and more apparent and new humanitarian challenges are emerging. The governmen...

BAD SCHALLERBACH, Austria – When they go shopping in the small Austrian town of Bad Schallerbach, Martina Schamberger introduces Nawras Ahmadook as her son. The arguments they have in the grocery store are typical of those between a parent and child. Nawras heads straight for the junk food, and Mar...

The peace process is in trouble and a new way forward is needed to end the stalemates and posturing that have hampered negotiations. IT IS just over two years since the Union Solidarity and Development Party government and eight ethnic armed groups signed the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement, as pa...

From food to furniture, clothing to haircuts, the bustling market in the settlement of Meri in the rural northeast of the Democratic Republic of the Congo is a colourful example of refugees’ resourcefulness and how they can contribute to the local economy.

Despite statements from the government-established Myanmar Peace Center (MPC) and the armed resistance movements’ Nationwide Ceasefire Coordination Team (NCCT) that there won’t be any Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) signing on 1 August as planned earlier, both sides appear to be ready to offer ...

The conclusion of Myanmar’s ceasefire agreement, currently under negotiation between the Union government’s Union Peace-making Work Committee and the armed ethnic groups’ Nationwide Ceasefire Coordination Team, may be delayed, Naing Han Thar, leader of the NCCT told Mizzima on September 23. Speak...

The Anti-Corruption Commission formed an investigation team to look into a corruption complaint against the Chief Minister of Taninthayi Region, Dr. Lae Lae Maw. The team conducted its investigation in Nay Pyi Taw, Yangon, and Dawei from 4 to 6 February. According to the investigation team’s rep...