SONE SEEN MYAING, Karen State — The Karen National Union (KNU) has opened the door to the possibility that a much-debated unified fighting force of ethnic Karen rebels could come into being by 2015, with the group agreeing to discuss the proposal next month after previously indicating the issue woul...

Zacheaus Somorin with agency report People uprooted by Boko Haram violence in the northeast are leaving host families and moving to camps for the displaced as food becomes increasingly scarce, the European Commission’s humanitarian arm (ECHO) said wednesday. Seven million people do not have enou...

A senior UN official said he expected armed groups in Central African Republic (CAR) to sign a disarmament agreement during this week’s peace forum, boosting efforts to improve security across a nation torn apart by more than two years of sectarian violence and decades of coups and poor governance. ...

Federal Government has concluded arrangements for the establishment of trauma centres in the North East and other areas affected by the Boko Haram crisis to treat victims before the end of this year. It will also set up healthcare centres/clinics in each of the ward areas of the federation in order...

An Irish woman pilots the country’s first sponsorship programme to help welcome refugees into the community in her small town. It was more than just the drip drip of news that spurred Nola Leonard to take action to help refugees in her home country of Ireland. Through her faith, she was inspired ...