By Tom Esslemont LONDON, Dec 28 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - There's one prediction for 2016 that most aid workers can make with confidence - that the new year will usher in rising humanitarian needs. Besides displacement caused by long-term conflicts in places like Syria and South Sudan, th...

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria Dec 27 (Reuters) - Up to seven people died when Nigeria's army repelled an attack on Sunday by suspected Boko Haram fighters on a village near a northern state capital, residents and military sources said. Gunfire and explosions could be heard in the evening outside Maiduguri, ...

(Adds details, quotes, background) MAIDUGURI, Nigeria Dec 28 (Reuters) - About 20 people were killed and 90 wounded by a bomb explosion in a mosque in the northern Nigerian city of Maiduguri on Monday, the state emergency agency NEMA said. The blast came a day after the army fought Boko Haram ...

YAOUNDE Dec 28 (Reuters) - Two female suicide bombers blew themselves up on Monday in the Far North region of Cameroon while trying to carry out attacks for Islamist militant group Boko Haram, local officials said, but there were no other deaths. "The suicide bombing took place at the entrance of...

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The year 2015 will go down in history as one of elections in Africa. Overall there were thirteen of them. According to observers, eligible voters realized the importance and civic duty to take part in the elections. For the first time in Nigeria's history, a sitting president was defeated and ...

Pulling together a list of the wars most in need of international attention and support in 2016 is challenging for all the wrong reasons. For 20 years after the end of the Cold War, deadly conflict was in decline. Fewer wars were killing fewer people the world over. Five years ago, however, that pos...

KADUNA, 5 January 2016 (IRIN) - The temperature is dropping across northern Nigeria as the seasonal Harmattan winds blow in a haze of dust from the Sahara, blotting out the sun for days on end. It’s miserable at the best of times, worse still if you’ve been made homeless by Boko Haram violence and d...

Au Tchad, mardi 5 janvier, le chef de la diplomatie, Moussa Faki Mahamat a rencontré la presse pour faire le point sur l’action du Tchad à l’international ces dernières années. Action marquée surtout par des interventions dans la lutte contre le terrorisme qui n’ont toujours pas été reconnues par la...

An Islamic court has sentenced a Nigerian cleric to death by hanging for insulting the Prophet Muhammad in the northern city of Kano. Abdulazeez Dauda, popularly known as Abdul Inyass, was convicted after a trial held in secret to avoid protests. Five of his followers were also sentenced to de...