The army has that said it has conducted a search operation at a building housing the United Nation staff in Maiduguri following alert on high profile Boko Haram members. Read more »
In early April, President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed announced a 60-day amnesty for Al-Shabaab militants, while also offering to open discussions with the movement's leadership. Read more »
Survivors say that the smuggler pushed them to the sea when he saw some 'authority types' near the coast, an international NGO reports. Read more »
A Zanu PF activist and self-proclaimed ally of Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa, Energy Mutodi, has been charged with undermining President Robert Mugabe's authority and "causing ... Read more »
At least 60 houses were burnt down and the militants looted foodstuff, livestock from the community. The attack comes a few days after a similar incident in a neighbouring village ... Read more »
The U.S. government has approved a U.S.$600 million sale of high-technology attack planes and equipment to Nigeria. The U.S. hopes to aid Nigeria in their fight against Boko Haram ... Read more »
The International Organization for Migration has called for rapid action to prevent a cholera epidemic from spiraling out of control as the rainy season in the country progresses. Read more »
Medical charity, Medecins Sans Frontieres, says at least 10,000 people have taken refuge in a hospital in Batangafo after the camp for the displaced was attacked and several aid ... Read more »
Longstanding and bitter political rivalry, worsened by security force interference in politics, has led to a continuing political crisis in Lesotho over the past three years. But ... Read more »
Outreach workers suspect that most trafficked women knew they would be forced into sex work before leaving their native countries but were unaware of the additional human rights ... Read more »
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