Le ministre français de la défense, Jean-Yves Le Drian, a appelé lundi 15 décembre Abuja et ses voisins à la création d'un comité de liaison militaire pour mieux coordonner leur réponse à la menace de Boko Haram pour les pays de la région. Lors d'un forum sur la sécurité à Dakar, la capitale sénégal...

Navigating a boat through the emerald reed-beds dotted across Lake Chad requires consummate skill and precision. As young men armed with poles steer along twisting channels, passengers must balance the vessel by moving from bow to stern. If the boat is crammed with exhausted and terrified refugee...

It was with sadness that UNHCR learned yesterday of the drownings of some 47 Ethiopians in a boat capsizing incident on Lake Malawi. The exact number of deaths has not been determined. According to the reports we received, villagers around the lake found a dead body on Monday and buried it. On Tues...

In previously inaccessible areas in northeast Nigeria, 80% of shelters damaged and families unable to afford food ABUJA, NIGERIA – The global organization Mercy Corps is expanding its assistance to people in areas of northeast Nigeria previously occupied by Boko Haram and will reach more than 15,...

MVEPI REFUGEE SETTLEMENT, Uganda – Renewing a strong appeal to regional leaders to make peace, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi has praised the “open border” policy of Uganda which is currently receiving up to 500 refugees a day. Grandi who is currently on an official visit to...

MAIDUGURI, NIGERIA/WASHINGNTON — Three years ago, at the peak of the Boko Haram insurgency, Nigerian soldiers stopped all fishing activities in the country's section of Lake Chad. Militants had infiltrated the ranks of the fishermen, the army said, and were using the guise to fund arms purchases a...

By Kieran Guilbert DAKAR, July 18 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Denied an education by the Islamist insurgency of militant group Boko Haram, tens of thousands of children across the Lake Chad region are instead tuning into lessons broadcast over the radio, the United Nations children's agency (U...

Some students living in war-hit countries like Syria and Yemen have to go to extraordinary lengths to complete their end-of-year tests. For most children, exam time means cramming in last-minute studying, a nervous walk to school and a worrying wait for the results. But for many others, it can...

Grandpa’s House hosts Colombian seniors who were left alone. Now it has increased its capacity to also shelter Venezuelans on the run.

When Parfait Hakizimana first heard the news that he would be participating in the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics, he was overjoyed. “I saw the doors open up for me,” he says, beaming with pride as he laces his shoes outside his house in Rwanda’s Mahama refugee camp. For Parfait, 32, the journey to this...