Deadly Boko Haram violence kills dozens more
Maiduguri - Suspected Islamist militants killed dozens of civilians in three villages in remote northeastern Nigeria, continuing a pattern of almost daily deadly violence,...
Somalis forcibly relocated in Kenyan anti-terrorist crackdown
Kenya’s Somali community is being scapegoated in a counter-terror operation which has seen thousands subjected to arbitrary arrest, harassment, extortion, ill-treatment, forcible relocation and...
Nigerian generals guilty for helping and arming Bokko Haram
KADUNA, Nigeria – Ten generals and five other senior military officers were found guilty in courts-martial of providing arms and information to Boko...
Democratic Republic of Congo Investigate Attacks on Oil Project Critics
Kinshasa - Democratic Republic of Congo authorities should fully and impartially investigate threats and violence against Virunga National Park rangers and local activists, Human...
Chadian troops open fire on civilians in a crowded market –...
Geneva - The UN on Friday accused Chadian soldiers of carrying out an unprovoked attack when they opened fire in a crowded market in...
9 killed in Nigerian church attack
Maiduguri - Gunmen opened fire on a church service in the northeast Nigerian village of Attangara, killing nine people, police and a witness said...
A bomb suspected by Boko Haram kills 14 in Nigeria
A bomb blast targeting a television viewing centre for football in northeast Nigeria killed at least 14 people and wounded 12 on Sunday, Nigerian...
Clashes over oil-rich land in Sudan kills 41
Khartoum - At least 41 people have been killed in clashes between rival Sudanese clans over the ownership of land being explored for oil...
More Nigerian villages attacked by Boko Haram
Kano - A series of suspected Boko Haram attacks in four villages in Nigeria's restive northeast killed several people, residents said on Sunday, in...
7 Ebola cases confirmed in Sierra Leone
Freetown - Sierra Leone on Friday said that it had confirmed seven cases of Ebola and suspects dozens more amid fears the deadly epidemic...
Al-shabaab raids village on Somali – Ethiopian border leaving 39 dead
Nearly 40 people are dead after al-Shabaab militants attacked a village on the border between Ethiopia and Somalia.
The governor of Somalia’s Bakool region, Mohamed...
The hollowness of Nigeria’s prosperity
The West wanted to believe in a boom but now the world has been forced to see Nigeria’s misery, says Adrienne Klasa. It is...
