After months of shuttle diplomacy, the Coordination of Movements for Azawad (CMA), the main rebel coalition in northern Mali, officially signed a peace agreement in Bamako on 20 June. The Mali government and the Algiers Platform, a coalition of pro-government armed groups, had already signed the dea...

Nigeria's new President Muhammadu Buhari promised to stamp out Boko Haram by the end of December. Will he manage to keep his word? Early 1984: There could hardly have been a bigger PR triumph for the new president. Islamists had taken control of a slum in Yola, one of the biggest cities in north...

Eight killed by bomber in Damaturu bus park attack Senator Iroegbu in Abuja, Michael Olugbode in Maiduguri and Chiemelie Ezeobi in Lagos In line with its promise to flush out the terror group Boko Haram from territories in the North-east ahead of next month’s elections, the Nigerian military has...

Somalia's refugee exodus crossed a new threshold this past week, with more than a million people now having fled the country for the surrounding region, according to the latest UNHCR data. The most recent arrivals continue to cite insecurity and dwindling food resources as the main reasons for their...

Myanmar’s political reforms will continue and more changes can be expected after the election next year, but the push towards democracy will be gradual, said a top adviser to the government. “Hopefully, we will have all political parties being involved and hopefully it will be a free election,” s...

Metres away from passengers awaiting their flights in the departure lounge of M’Poko airport in Bangui, tens of thousands of people shelter inside old jumbo-jets, under hangars or in ramshackle tents. Marie Valentine, 66, is one of them. She remembers vividly the bullets flying in all directions ...

UNITED NATIONS, May 2 (Xinhua) -- The World Food Program (WFP) said Tuesday that "insufficient funding has forced the agency to halve food rations distributed to the most vulnerable Central African families." The WFP said its humanitarian response plan for 2017 is only seven percent financed. Desp...

Le Tchad débordé par la vague des réfugiés Ce mardi marque la journée mondiale des réfugiés. En Afrique, c'est le Tchad qui accueille le plus grand nombre de réfugiés par rapport à sa population. Mais la crise économique rend difficile leur prise en charge. Le Tchad occupe le quatrième rang mond...