Rise In Boko Haram Child Suicide Bombers ‘alarming’
An "alarming" number of children, most of them girls, have been used by Boko Haram as suicide bombers in the ...
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Boko Haram Torches Military Base A Day After Farmers Killed
Boko Haram jihadists have torched a military base in northeast Nigeria, a day after the group killed seven people in ...
Boko Haram Islamists Kidnap 22 Women and Girls In Two Raids In Nigeria
Boko Haram Islamists have abducted 22 girls and women in two separate raids in northeast Nigeria, according to residents and ...
Boko Haram Kidnap 22 Girls, Women In Northeast Nigeria
Boko Haram Islamists have abducted 22 girls and women in two separate raids in northeast Nigeria, residents and vigilantes told ...
Boko Haram Faction Seeks Grassroots Support In NE Nigeria
A Boko Haram faction led by the son of the group's founder is trying to win over civilians by shunning ...
UN, WHO Plan To Eradicate Polio In Africa
The campaign, one of the largest ever conduct in Africa, will run from march 25-28 The World Health Organization and ...
116 Million African Children To Get Polio Vaccines
The World Health Organization said Friday 116 million children are to receive polio vaccines in 13 countries in west and ...
Four Dead In NE Nigeria Suicide Bombing
Four people were killed on Saturday evening when suicide bombers blew themselves up in a village on the outskirts of ...
5,000 Civilians Freed From Boko Haram’s Grip
Cameroon said its troops had rescued 5,000 civilian "hostages" held by Boko Haram Islamists in a cross-border operation that left ...
World Facing Greatest Humanitarian Crisis Since 1945
The world is facing its largest humanitarian crisis since 1945, the United Nation's humanitarian chief said as he pleaded for ...
Nigerian Women Displaced By Boko Haram Hold Protest
Thousands of Nigerian women forced from their homes by Boko Haram jihadists held a protest on Sunday to demand better ...
UN Envoys Plan Paris Conference To Aid Chad
UN envoys on a mission to the Lake Chad region said Saturday that a conference would soon be held in ...
Thousands Protest In Niger As Pressure On Gov’t Mounts
Thousands of people marched in Niger's capital of Niamey on Saturday against the government of President Mahamadou Issoufou, calling for ...
UN Security Council Visit To Draw Attention To Lake Chad Crisis
UN Security Council envoys on Thursday travel to Africa's Lake Chad region, where famine, the Boko Haram insurgency, climate change ...
Boko Haram Attack Kills Seven In Nigeria
At least seven soldiers were killed in a Boko Haram attack on military positions in northeast Nigeria, a civilian vigilante ...
Donors Pledge $672 Mn In Aid For Lake Chad Region
Donor countries meeting in Oslo on Friday pledged $672 million (634 million euros) in emergency aid for people threatened by ...
World Donors Gather In Oslo To Tackle Nigeria Famine
UN aid agencies and donor countries gathered in Oslo Thursday for a two-day meeting to raise emergency aid for millions ...
‘Africa’s Most Acute Crisis’
An international conference in Oslo on Friday aims to raise $1.5 billion (1.4 billion euros) to help people affected by ...
Civilians In the Crossfire of Boko Haram and the Military
The four women lay dazed on the beds of the clinic. The face of one of them was burnt. Another ...
Suicide Bombers Die In Failed Attack In Nigeria
As many as seven suicide bombers, six of them women, have blown themselves up while trying to attack the northeast ...