Maiduguri, Nigeria | AFP | Wednesday 2/10/2016 - 21:41 GMT by Bukar HUSSAIN Two female suicide bombers killed at least 58 at a camp for people made homeless by Boko Haram's Islamist insurgency in northeast Nigeria, emergency services said on Wednesday, in the latest violence to hit the remote ...

Kano, Nigeria | AFP | Saturday 2/13/2016 - 22:48 GMT At least 30 people have been killed in fresh Boko Haram raids on two villages in northeast Nigeria, vigilantes told AFP Saturday, again calling into question President Muhammadu Buhari's claim that Nigeria had largely defeated the jihadist grou...

Lagos, Nigeria | AFP | Friday 2/12/2016 - 15:45 GMT by Phil HAZLEWOOD Suicide bombings that killed 58 at a camp for those who fled Boko Haram have raised doubts about the true extent of Nigeria's grip on security in the troubled northeast and its policy of returning the displaced. President...

Maiduguri, Nigeria | AFP | Thursday 2/11/2016 - 03:13 GMT by Phil HAZLEWOOD A toddler not yet out of nappies lies motionless in a hospital ward, her skin seared red raw by burns. A 12-year-old boy opposite her nurses the bandaged stump where his right hand used to be. On other beds, metal r...

GENEVA (12 February 2016) – United Nations human rights experts* today urged the Government of Nigeria to ensure that the areas they claim to have liberated from Boko Haram forces are truly safe for people displaced by the violence, enabling them to return home. They also called for camps, both form...

L'année 2016 sera une année charnière en Afrique avec pas moins de 16 élections présidentielles, à commencer par un second tour très ouvert dimanche en Centrafrique, afin de sortir ce pays très pauvre de trois ans de violences intercommunautaires. Tour d'horizon des principaux scrutins: Centra...

The Ministry of Interior has approved the deployment of 5, 000 personnel from the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) to secure the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camps in the North East and to also carry out other national assignment as may be required. The Commandant General of t...

At least six people were killed and 30 injured in northern Cameroon on Wednesday by two Islamist suicide bombers at a Muslim funeral gathering, two officials in the region said. The attackers were from Boko Haram, the group based in neighboring Nigeria that has stepped up cross-border attacks in ...

Health Minister, Prof. Isaac Adewole yesterday confirmed that 47 people have so far been killed by Lassa fever epidemic in the country. Adewole told the joint House Committee on Health during the 2016 budget defence at the National Assembly that he had instructed airport authorities to screen passen...

The Nigerian government has urged security agencies to put new measures in place to guard against suicide attacks on camps of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) and sent its profound condolences to the families of the victims of Dikwa IDPs camp suicide attack. The government’s condolence was con...