On Tuesday 9 February, two Nigerian girls entered a camp for displaced people in the country's north-east. Minutes later they detonated their explosive vests, killing 58 people. A third girl refused to take part in the suicide mission for Islamist militant group Boko Haram. This is her story. Hau...

The girl, speaking at a news conference organised by police, said she was taken to the city of Kano where two other girls detonated their bombs. At least four people died in the 10 December attack. The girl was arrested, still wearing explosives, police said. About 2,000 people have died in attacks ...

A female suicide bomber has killed at least seven people at a crowded bus station in north-eastern Nigeria. Police say more than 30 others were wounded in the city of Damaturu, capital of Yobe State. No group has said it carried out the bombing but the jihadist group Boko Haram has previously ...

Witnesses and hospital sources said a total of six people were killed after she triggered the explosive devise in a market in the northeastern city of Potiskum on Sunday. "(She) refused to be checked at the gate to the market and an argument ensued," witness Ibrahim Maishago told the Reuters news...

The price of rubber has gone up in Mon State, with one pound of RSS-3 [Ribbed Smoked Sheets 3] costing 990 Kyat as of December 1. The current price for a thick rubber sheet is between 700 to 770 Kyat per pound, and the thin rubber-sheet type costs 800 to 995 Kyat. “The price of rubber today i...

Bangui/Geneva (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is shocked and saddened by the killing of one of its staff in the Central African Republic. Youssouf Atteipe, an ICRC driver, died on Saturday while taking part in a convoy delivering much-needed aid to victims of the armed c...

More electricity will be generated by new power plants while other plans are underway to reduce power blackouts in Yangon and Mandalay during the coming summer months between March and May, according to Yangon Region Electricity, Industry and Transport minister Daw Nilar Kyaw. An additional 439 m...

Norway Company is in discussions with authorities to invest in the rubber sector at the industrial zone in Hpa-An Town, Kayin State, said U Tin Maung Sein, the secretary of the Karen State Rubber Production Association. “They made a contact to invest in rubber sector since last year. They have al...