Whenever Emmanuel Ali Talka hears news of a female suicide bombing in Nigeria, he is paralyzed with fear despite having found relative safety in neighboring Cameroon. Talka, a 36-year-old trader from Nigeria's Borno state, fled attacks by Boko Haram Islamists with his two wives and four of their ...

At least 30 people were killed in Boko Haram raids on two villages near the town of Chibok, in north-east Nigeria, a community leader and resident have said. The attacks on Thursday targeted the villages of Thlaimakalama and Gatamarwa, which were torched by the rampaging militants, said Pogo Bitr...

Witnesses and hospital sources said a total of six people were killed after she triggered the explosive devise in a market in the northeastern city of Potiskum on Sunday. "(She) refused to be checked at the gate to the market and an argument ensued," witness Ibrahim Maishago told the Reuters news...

Ajoute déclarations Issoufou à Diffa et nouveau bilan de l'attaque. Bien noter que cette attaque a eu lieu à "Karamga" et non "Karouga" comme orthographié plus tôt par l'armée nigérienne. Sept soldats nigériens et 15 combattants de Boko Haram sont morts vendredi soir lors de combats survenus sur ...

At Minawao refugee camp in northern Cameroon, UN staff are busy registering new arrivals. Refugees who cross the border in search of safety arrive at this camp, where they join over 30,000 others who fled the insurgency in Nigeria's northeastern states. Most of the refugees started to come to the...

Zinder - Aboubacar, usually a worker for a non-governmental organisation, has now taken on another, more ominous role: watching out for suicide bombers. "We watch everyone," he said in Niger's second-largest city of Zinder. "Last Thursday, a man in a turban whom we had never seen before came to t...

Navigating a boat through the emerald reed-beds dotted across Lake Chad requires consummate skill and precision. As young men armed with poles steer along twisting channels, passengers must balance the vessel by moving from bow to stern. If the boat is crammed with exhausted and terrified refugee...

Les actions de Boko Haram dans le nord du Nigeria ont jeté plus d'une centaine de milliers de personnes sur les routes. "Jeune Afrique" fait le point sur les réfugiés au Cameroun, au Tchad et au Niger. Avant même que les armées tchadienne, camerounaise, nigérienne ou béninoise ne s'engagent début...

De plus en plus d’attentats-suicides sont perpétrés par des jeunes filles ou des fillettes, dans le nord du Nigeria. Ces attaques, pas toujours revendiquées, portent la signature de Boko Haram, qui inaugure une pratique sur le continent africain. Le 22 février, une fillette de 7 ans tue sept pers...

A blast ripped through a bus in Potiskum, Yobe state, on Tuesday. The explosion happened at the Tashar Dan-Borno motor park, on the outskirts of the city but rescuers could not immediately determine the number of casualties. “The bus had just loaded with passengers on its way to Kano when a huge ...