NIAMEY Dec 8 (Reuters) - Niger has agreed to transfer hundreds of prisoners from the militant Islamist group Boko Haram back to their home country of Nigeria to reduce pressure on its crammed prisons, judicial sources said on Tuesday. Boko Haram militants mostly operate in northeastern Nigeria bu...

By Emma Farge DAKAR Dec 9 (Reuters) - The United Nations sought on Wednesday a record $2 billion for the Sahel in what a senior U.N. official says is necessary to tackle a triple crisis of poverty, insecurity and climate change that could lead to a new wave of migration. The United Nations has...

By Kieran Guilbert DAKAR, Dec 8 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A series of suicide bombings in Lake Chad in recent months, blamed on Boko Haram militants, has hindered healthcare and aid delivery and left tens of thousands of displaced people living in fear of further violence, aid agencies said ...

Kano, Nigeria | AFP | Tuesday 12/8/2015 - 11:50 GMT by Aminu ABUBAKAR with Ola AWONIYI in Abuja Boko Haram gunmen have torched almost an entire village near the northeast Nigerian town of Chibok from where over 200 schoolgirls were kidnapped, a resident who fled and a local elder said Tuesday....

KADUNA/DAKAR, 9 décembre 2015 (IRIN) - Boko Haram se traduit par « l’éducation occidentale est interdite », il n’est donc peut-être pas surprenant qu’un nombre disproportionné d’enseignants soient victimes de ce mouvement extrémiste. Des centaines ont été tués et bien d’autres ont dû fuir les violen...

Remembering the 27-year-old victim of a Boko Haram attack - and the many nameless, faceless Nigerians like him. Yola, Nigeria - Thirty-four people died in a November 17 bomb blast. It was one of many to target the Nigerian city. As we tally the number of dead from such attacks in Nigeria, we ...

Huit personnes ont été tuées et vingt autres blessés vendredi dans un attentat-suicide dans la région de l’Extrême-Nord du Cameroun. "Un kamikaze est arrivé sur un lieu de vente de beignets et il a actionné sa charge", a affirmé une source sécuritaire de la région. "On a enregistré huit morts ...

GENEVA, Nov 19 (UNHCR) – Violent clashes between Government forces and Boko Haram rebels in the north of Nigeria have forced millions of civilians from their homes. Some 2.2 million people have been displaced internally, while over 175,000 more have sought safety in neighbouring Cameroon, Chad and N...

(Adds context and quote) DOUALA, Cameroon Dec 11 (Reuters) - Eight people were killed and 21 wounded in a suspected suicide bombing by Boko Haram early on Friday morning in Cameroon's Far North region, local officials said. The Islamist militant group wants to establish an Islamic caliphate in...

Niger is well regarded as a country with an ‘open door policy’ in terms of welcoming refugees and asylum seekers who are fleeing conflicts or persecution in their country of origin. Over 54,000 Malian refugees currently enjoy prima facie recognition (which means that they are recognized as refugees ...