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African governments urged to help 3.5 million people uprooted from their homes in 2015

As many as 3.5 million people in Africa were uprooted from their homes in 2015 due to conflict and natural disasters and left stranded...

U.N. seeks record $2.7 billion aid for Boko Haram-hit Sahel

Refugees stand outside their tent at the Ifo Extension refugee camp in Dadaab, near the Kenya-Somalia border in Garissa County, Kenya October 19, 2011....

Poverty, prejudice drive more women to join Boko Haram militants

Failing to improve the lives of girls and women trapped in poverty and domestic drudgery in northeast Nigeria could drive them into the ranks...

Boko Haram attacks, destroys farm communities

Women and children are seen gathered at the water point at the Internally displaced peoples camp Muna camp in Maiduguri. Photo Credit: Reuters     Fati Adamu has...

Female extremists prove hardest to help

Women who join violent extremists such as Nigeria's Boko Haram are lured by the promise of power and influence they otherwise would not get...

France gives Cameroon equipment worth $700,000 to combat Boko Haram

France has made a donation of military hardware to the Cameroonian Armed Forces as part of efforts aimed at combating the Boko Haram insurgent...

Two female suicide bombers attack far north of Cameroon town

Authorities in Cameroon say two young female suicide bombers attacked a town in Cameroon’s Far North region early on Thursday, the attack is the...

Boko Haram launches three assaults in Cameroon within 24 hours

Suspected Boko Haram militants launched three attacks in northern Cameroon within 24 hours, including a thwarted suicide strike on a camp for people who...

Escaped Chibok girls overcome doubts and jealousy to attend university

When a colleague asked Margee Ensign to help her sister who had been snatched by Boko Haram from her school dormitory in Chibok and...

Thousands of children risk dying of hunger in Nigeria

The UN says that overall 400,000 children in Nigeria's north-east urgently need humanitarian aid. Photo Credit: AP   The United Nation has announced that thousands of...

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Nigerian High Commission apartments in Ghana demolished

Some new apartments built at the residence of the Nigerian High Commissioner in Ghana’s capital city Accra, have been demolished by bulldozers. The apartments have been constructed to...

Covid-19: Ghana records significant recovery numbers

Ghanaian health officials on Saturday said over 10,000 persons infected with the coronavirus have now recovered. The significant number of recoveries means the country now...

DR Congo: President’s ex-chief of staff jailed 20 years for corruption

The ex-chief of staff of the president of the Democratic Republic of Congo has been jailed 20 years by a high court. Vital Kamerhe was...

Covid-19: Zimbabwe’s health minister arrested, charged for graft

Zimbabwe's Health Minister Obadiah Moyo has been arrested over corruption allegations related to procurement of medical equipment worth $60 million. Moyo is accused of illegally...

Ghana’s new law that jails citizens not wearing facemask 10 years

Ghanaians who fail to wear the face masks in compliance with a presidential directive risk going to jail for ten years. They also face a...
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