Amnesty International has urged the country to act on claims soldiers and members of the civilian militia have raped women and girls in remote camps
More than 1,000 people held captive by the militant group Boko Haram have been freed, according to Nigeria’s military
It is misguided to blame armed conflict and violence on climate change alone
The Dapchi kidnapping on February 19 brought back painful memories of a similar abduction in Chibok in April 2014, when more than 200 girls were taken
Fears grew in northeast Nigeria on Wednesday about the fate of potentially scores of girls who have not been seen since a Boko Haram attack on Monday
For many young Muslims in northern Nigeria, Salafism’s prescriptions and prohibitions are suffocating
Following months spent outside his country, President Muhammadu Buhari is getting ready to make a comeback
There have been no claims of responsibility for the suicide bombing, although authorities believe jihadi group Boko Haram is responsible
Inefficient policing in Nigeria has forced many communities to rely on vigilante groups for security— sometimes with support from authorities
Soldiers have shot English-speaking protesters calling for independence from the majority French Cameroon.
The Cameroonian government is silencing dissent by using the ambiguous provisions of an anti-terrorism law to arrest and harass journalists
A new anti-terror law is being used to silence any critical media that brings attention to the poor governance of President Biya’s and his government
A group of community elders in northeast Nigeria are urging the Islamists to enter peace talks, a move some see as motivated by ethnic self-interest.
Buhari has been ill for most of this year, drastically cutting back his official schedule. This was one event he could not afford to miss
Lay counsellors are being trained to assist a handful of psychiatrists to deal with the minds of Nigerians racked by Boko Haram terror
Control of increasingly scarce water is being used by armed groups to challenge central governments, causing untold suffering to civilians.
Could psychosocial programmes turn extremists into moderates?
Eighty two of the Chibok school girls, kidnapped by Boko Haram in Nigeria three years ago, have been released. But what now?
The army’s director, Colonel Sani Kukasheka Usman, reassured citizens that they are capable of defending them from the terrorist group.
The conflict has left health services and agriculture in shambles. Unicef says it has just 13% of the money it needs to stave off deaths.
Cameroon and other countries forces have made gains in territorial control and suicide attacks are down but there’s no room for complacency.
The extent of the crisis is only now becoming clear. Hundreds of thousands have been cut off from assistance, some for as long as two years.
‘The matchmaking programme began in 2012 to help divorcées remarry in Kano state, which has the highest divorce rate in Nigeria.’
‘Sixty-one critically malnourished people were among 478 children, 196 women and 23 men brought to the state capital Maiduguri from Bama on Monday’
The West is riding on the hope that the Nigerian leader will defeat Boko Haram and end corruption.
The superpower may expand its bootprint across the continent but it was the Ebola outbreak that sparked this latest move in its ‘war on terror’.
The lucky few who survive Boko Haram’s raids are streaming into Minawao refugee camp, a Cameroonian refugee camp.
Discussions indicate a possible change in foreign policy that would ally SA against Islamic State, to which Boko Haram has pledged allegiance.
After enduring horrific ordeals, the women and girls freed from Boko Haram return to families and communities who reject them, a report has found.
The African terror group has been weakened, but it’s now wreaking a new kind of havoc.
The diversion of scarce resources and increasing militarisation could derail the democratic project.
The persecution of Christians in sub-Saharan Africa dwarfs what is happening in the Middle East, according to a report.