With the persistent reports about the militant group using neighbouring countries as its training ground, there are fears that Boko Haram is a threat, not only to Nigeria but to ... Read more »
The United States has deployed manned surveillance aircraft over Nigeria in an effort to find more than 220 schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram militants. Read more »
The U.S. has ordered sanctions against five top figures in the Central African Republic, including former president Francois Bozize and rebel leader Michel Djotodia. Read more »
Boko Haram has released a new video showing the missing schoolgirls, alleging they had converted to Islam and would not be released until all militant prisoners were freed. Read more »
With rival Christian and Muslim militias stoking violence throughout the country, a UN official has urged the international community to uphold its pledges to provide security and ... Read more »
The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Somalia Nicholas Kay has condemned the attack in Baidoa Read more »
Young children are being left behind in Kenya while their parents are deported or sent to camps, rights groups said, as police have rounded up thousands of immigrants in an ... Read more »
The government, police and religious leaders are working together to clamp down on a series of attacks of Christians and Muslims. Read more »
Amid growing pressure from Nigerians to force their government to act more decisively to free the schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram militants four weeks ago, police have attempted ... Read more »
President Kiir and rebel leader Riek Machar have agreed on a peace accord. They met in Addis Ababa for the first time since the eruption in December 2013 of the civil war that ... Read more »
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