By Alex Whiting LONDON, June 8 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The world has become increasingly violent with deaths from conflict at a 25-year high, terrorist attacks at an all-time high and more people displaced than at any time since World War Two, the 2016 Global Peace Index showed on Wednesda...

Some of the Nigerian schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram militants last year have been brainwashed to begin fighting for the Islamist group, with many carrying out public beatings and even killings, other captives have told the BBC. Women who claim they lived in the same camps as some of the 219 ...

ABUJA, Nigeria — More than 100 people were killed Sunday evening in northern Nigeria in a quick succession of what appeared to be carefully coordinated bombings by Boko Haram, the Islamist extremist group. The attacks, near the airport in Maiduguri, the capital of Borno State, were the deadliest ...

YAOUNDE, Cameroon – Thousands of Cameroonian youths marched through the capital Saturday to show support for the military’s battle against attacks by neighboring Nigeria’s Islamic extremists...

11 June 2015 – The Central Africa region is still facing many challenges, including an economic crisis aggravated by the drop in oil prices, rising youth unemployment, and terrorist activities, as well as the cross-border impact of crises in Central African Republic (CAR) and Burundi, the Special Re...

By Ellen Wulfhorst NEW YORK, March 24 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Advocates for refugees, the environment and victims of sexual violence earned prominent berths on Thursday in a list of the world's greatest leaders published each year by Fortune magazine in a tribute to their values, effective...

BANGUI, Central African Republic, May 16 (UNHCR) – Stepped-up fighting in Central African Republic has triggered new displacement in the troubled country, with thousands fleeing their homes, the UN refugee agency reported on Friday. "Already, as of May 2, more than 23,000 people were displaced in...

A US aid worker kidnapped in Niger is likely being held by jihadists from the Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa (Mujao), the country's interior minister said Sunday. Jeffery Woodke -- the first American to be kidnapped in the west African country - was seized at gunpoint from his home...

Japan, China and Thailand have proposed to purchase saltwater white prawns farmed in Taninthayi Region, said U Kyaw Lin, a project manager of Katalu saltwater prawn farms. The saltwater prawns are being farmed in Katalu village, Katan Island in Taninthayi Region with the use of modern technology....

Local and international monitoring groups will be permitted to observe the upcoming by-elections after agreeing to conform with international norms, according to the Union Election Commission. The Election Commission's deputy director Hla Maung Cho said the by-elections would be held this year to...