Military repels attack on Damaturu, says it is studying situation in Baga for appropriate response Jonathan, Kerry hold phone conversation on security By Damilola Oyedele, Senator Iroegbu in Abuja and Michael Olugbode in Maduguri A major market in Maiduguri, the capital of Borno state,...

The Federal Government has assured that Nigerian military had launched a serious offensive against the Boko Haram militants in its efforts to reclaim Baga and other parts of Borno State that had come under the control of terror sect. Coordinator of the National Information Centre, Mr. Mike Omeri,...

At least six people have been killed after two suspected child suicide bombers blew themselves up in a market in northeast Nigeria, witnesses say. Sunday's assault was the second attack involving young girls strapped with explosives. The blasts struck around mid-afternoon at an open market sel...

Cameroon's President Paul Biya has appealed for international military help to fight Islamist militant group Boko Haram, which this week threatened to step up its cross-border raids into the country from Nigeria. The Nigerian group is part of a "global" movement that has attacked Mali, the Centra...

* Islamist insurgents may disrupt election in parts of northeast * One million refugees may not be able to vote Jan 6 (Reuters) - Facing an increasingly violent Islamist insurgency, governors from three states in northeast Nigeria asked President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday to deploy extra tr...

The news agency AFP quoted Cameroonian official sources on Monday as saying that Boko Haram fighters had attacked a military base in the northwestern Cameroonian city of Kolofata. "The gunfire was very heavy," the source said. "As soon as people heard the first gunfire they fled the city." Cam...

Faith Karimi and Aminu Abubakar, CNN Kano, Nigeria (CNN)The attackers sped into a Nigerian town with grenade launchers -- their gunfire and explosions shattering the early morning calm. As terrified residents scattered into bushes in Baga town and surrounding villages, the gunmen unloaded moto...

La recrudescence des attaques de la secte islamiste Boko Haram au Nigeria et au nord du Cameroun pousse à un renforcement des mesures sécuritaires au Tchad. Augmentation de la surveillance, multiplication des barrières de contrôle : Ndjamena, qui a anticipé la menace, redouble de vigilance avec les ...

Le Tchad, jusqu'à présent épargné par les attaques de Boko Haram, ne se sent pas pour autant à l'abri. Après de nouvelles attaques meurtrières menées par la secte islamiste au Cameroun, le gouvernement tchadien a proposé à Yaoundé, mercredi 14 janvier, un « soutien actif dans la riposte courageuse e...

by John Campbell In the best of times, Northeastern Nigeria and the adjoining regions in neighboring Chad, Niger, and Cameroon are among the poorest regions in the world. Food security, especially, is highly fragile in the face of desertification and overpopulation. These are not the best of tim...