Gunmen Kill Dozens In Zamfara
Premium Times
Terrorists have killed "at least 20" residents including men, women and children in a village in north-west Nigeria, in an attack that lasted over two hours. Read more »
8 Killed in Attack On DR Congo Health Center
VOA
At least eight civilians died Thursday in an attack on a health center in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, according to media reports that cited locals. Read more »
Chad Deploys Troops As Opposition Protests After Deby Named Election Winner
VOA
Chad has ordered the immediate deployment of troops to maintain peace, especially in the capital, N'djamena, after provisional results of the May 6 presidential elections… Read more »
Both Sudan Army and RSF Claim Control of Mount Kordofan
Dabanga
Both the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) announced control of the Mount Kordofan area near El Obeid, capital of North Kordofan, after violent battles… Read more »
Nigerian Army Pulls Out 29 Infantry Corps Generals
Vanguard
The Nigerian Army on Friday pulled out 29 Generals of the Infantry Corps who retired from active military service. Read more »
Foreign Military Bases in Nigeria - the Dynamics of the Geopolitics, By Jibrin Ibrahim [opinion]
Premium Times
Nigeria has missed the opportunity to be a founding member of BRICS, that has been seeking doors for our countries to opt out of neo-colonial control. Read more »
Celebrating Midwives - Edinah Delivers Babies, One Safe Birth At a Time
UNFPA
Grimacing and sweating, twenty-three-year-old Samiya, a refugee from Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is expecting her first child and is experiencing intense pain while waiting… Read more »
Army Hands Over Rescued Chibok 'Girl' - Now 27 Years Old - With 3 Children
Premium Times
The Nigerian Army said troops of the 82 Division Task Force Battalion rescued the lady with six-month-old pregnancy alongside her three children on Wednesday. Read more »
AU Condemns Attack On Camps of Internally Displaced Persons in Eastern DR Congo
New Times
The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Amb Moussa Faki Mahamat, has condemned, in the strongest terms, the murderous bombardment of the camps of the internally displaced… Read more »
International Community Remains Silent - Further Atrocities in North Kivu
Agenzia Fides
At least 16 people were killed and 30 injured in a bomb attack on May 3 in two displaced persons camps in Lac Vert and Mugunga, near Goma, capital of North Kivu, in the east of the… Read more »
UNHCR and Unicef Condemn the Bombardment of Displacement Camps in Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo
Unicef
The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) strongly condemn the bombing today of three sites for internally displaced persons (IDP) in the Lac… Read more »
Rwanda Rejects U.S. Blame for Attack On DRC Displaced Camp
Nile Post
The Rwandan government has rejected blame for Friday's attack on internally displaced people's camp in the eastern DR Congo city of Goma. Read more »
Rwanda Dismisses Reports On Camp Bombing in DR Congo
New Times
The government of Rwanda has dismissed reports from that the U.S. Department of State claiming that the country was behind the bombing of IDP (internally displaced people) camps… Read more »
Joint Statement - Ingos in DR Congo Call for a Cessation of Hostilities and the Respect for International Humanitarian Law
Norwegian Refugee Council
A deadly attack on Friday 3 May directly hit displacement sites hosting over 55,000 families around Goma in the North Kivu province in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Read more »
Why Are Displaced People Still in Danger?
DW
At least 15 people are now know to have died following the shelling of IDP camps in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Rwanda has denied involvement in the attacks, while… Read more »