Moustapha Bachir was watching a World Cup qualifying match in a bar when Boko Haram rolled into Amchide, in Cameroon’s Far North region. By the time they left, the jihadists had killed 30 people and torched homes and businesses. Bachir, 22, didn’t recognise any of the gunmen - he was too busy esc...

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) - Nigeria's military raided a United Nations compound on Friday in the northeastern city at the epicenter of a conflict with Islamist insurgency Boko Haram, a UN official said. The objective of the search could not be determined but it could damage an already tense re...

Les Nations Unies se sont dit «extrêmement inquiètes» d'une «fouille illégale» menée tôt vendredi par les forces de sécurité nigérianes dans leur camp de base de la ville de Maiduguri (nord-est du Nigeria), épicentre de la lutte contre le groupe djihadiste, Boko Haram. «Nous sommes extrêmement inqu...

In north-eastern Nigeria, over 2 million people have been forced into displacement, out of which 1.4 million are in Borno State. While some areas have recently experienced returns in proximity of main roads, the population from many Local Government Areas (LGAs) is likely to remain displaced for the...

Pour contourner les postes de contrôle, les trafiquants prennent des routes plus dangereuses à travers le désert du Sahara, loin des points d'eau et des services base. Parfois les véhicules tombent en panne ou bien les conducteurs se perdent et les migrants sont alors abandonnés dans le désert.

Chad is facing interconnected humanitarian crises in a context of chronic poverty and low economic development. The security situation in neighboring countries has led to large population movements into Chad, as well as internal displacement for several years. Millions of people are affected by f...

Le Tchad fait face à des crises humanitaires interconnectées, dans un contexte de pauvreté chronique et de faible développement économique. La situation sécuritaire dans les pays voisins a entrainé d’importants mouvements de personnes vers le Tchad, ainsi que des déplacements internes depuis plusieu...

Au moins 31 pêcheurs ont été tués par le groupe djihadiste Boko Haram sur les rives nigérianes du lac Tchad, a-t-on appris lundi 7 août de sources locales. Des combattants armés ont envahi samedi les îles sur les eaux du lac Tchad, où ils ont massacré des pêcheurs qui y travaillaient. Les djihadi...

The event was attended by both state and federal officials including the Executive Governor of Borno and his cabinet, members of the State parliament and the Federal minister of National Defence. The Chairman of Borno Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Baba Sheik Haruna said UNHCR, the Dangote ...

Maiduguri, 8 August 2017. The Commission of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) through one of its agencies, the Regional Food Security Reserve (RFSR) donated 1,130 tons, about 22,600 bags of foodstuff to the Nigerian government for distribution to the following States: Borno, Gom...