This piece is to mark 2016 International Women’s Day Celebrations and to remind the government and relevant authorities that in the midst of the celebrations going on globally today, some women and children are in deplorable conditions in some organized and unorganized displaced persons camps world ...

Karl Steinacker est le représentant du HCR au Niger. Il explique à VOA Afrique la difficulté de dénombrer précieusement le nombre de déplacés et de réfugiés cote nigérien de la frontière.

L'or rouge du Manga est de retour depuis quelques mois dans les marches et sur les routes de la région de Diffa et vers le Nigeria. Une bouffée d'air pour le secrétaire général du syndicat des commerçants de Diffa, Ari Allassouri, sur VOA Afrique

DIFFA, NIGER— A few miles east of Diffa, the regional capital, the national guard of Niger patrols in the sand, aiming to secure the border with Nigeria and prevent militants from striking on Niger soil. Ready to open fire with their rifles, the soldiers are looking for any potential threat. B...

Senator Iroegbu in Abuja Tens of thousands of documents, containing 22,000 names, addresses, telephone numbers and family contacts of members of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), have been leaked to the media by a disgruntled former Free Syrian Army fighter. The documents, obtained by ...

Boko Haram is still holding territory in Northern Nigeria, commander of the US Africa Command (USAFRICOM), General David Rodriguez, has said. General Rodriguez’s claim challenges Nigeria’s official position on the seven-year old insurgency that has so far claimed about 20,000 lives and displaced ...

Representative of the First Lady and wife of the Zamfara state governor, Asma'u Yari – The First Lady, Aisha Buhari has pledged support for women and girls affected by the Boko Haram insurgency in Nigeria – She lamented the condition of women and girls in various internally displaced person (I...

A une semaine du deuxième tour de la présidentielle au Niger, certains citoyens ne comprennent toujours pas cette situation politique complexe et inédite. Hama Amadou, le candidat de l'opposition, est arrivé en deuxième position. Il est toujours en détention, depuis novembre dernier, et son camp app...

The Nigerian government is encouraging people in the northeast who have fled Boko Haram attacks to return to their homes, despite concerns over the safety of some of the more remote rural areas. The army has proclaimed the jihadist insurgency “technically defeated”. Late last month it announced t...

Nigeria’s war against Boko Haram is finally swinging in the government’s favour, but it’s going to take much longer for food production to recover in the country’s northeast. The same is true in neighbouring Cameroon, which has also felt the impact of the violence. According to the Famine Early W...