Nigeria names fifth commander in under two years to lead fight against Boko Haram

By Reuters,

Nigeria has named its fifth commander in less than 2 years to lead the fight against the Boko Haram insurgency, the army said on Saturday, a move mili...

Boko Haram , Nigeria

Chad appoints new ministers to quell unrest

By VOA,

Chadian strongman Idriss Deby has appointed new defense and security ministers in a cabinet reshuffle following sustained rebel attacks in the north b...

Ahmat Mahamat Bachir , General Daoud Yaya , Idriss Deby , Mahamat Abba Ali Salah , Oumar Yaya Hissein

Cameroon Journalist Jailed in Anglophone Unrest

By Vincent Maruga,

A popular journalist from Cameroon's restive Anglophone region remains in jail after she was arrested and charged with propagating false information a...

Anglophone region , Boko Haram , Equinoxe broadcast , Libom Li Likeng , Mimi Mefo

Kidnapped children released in Cameroon, two teachers held

By Reuters,

All 79 children and a driver kidnapped in west Cameroon were free on Wednesday, but a principal and one teacher are still being held by the armed men ...

Bamenda , Cameroon , Cameroon kidnapped children , Children released

Report: Islamic State Financier Paid Money to Eastern DRC Rebel Group

By VOA,

An Islamist rebel group in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo received money from a financier linked to Islamic State, suggesting tentative ties bet...

Denmark , Paul Makonda , President Magufuli , Ulla Tornaes , World Bank

Facebook’s Cameroon problem: stop online hate stoking conflict

By Reuters,

A video link posted on Facebook on June 20 showed a man cooking human body parts in a pot over a wood fire. In Cameroon, the footage went viral. So...

Suspected Boko Haram militants kill 15 in northeast Nigeria

By Reuters,

Suspected members of the Islamist Boko Haram insurgency killed at least 15 people in an attack on a group of villages in northeast Nigeria late on Wed...

Boko Haram , Nigeria

Hidden in diaries, untold stories of Boko Haram survivors feature in film

By Reuters,

Untold stories of young Nigerian women kidnapped by Boko Haram highlight a documentary debuting on Monday that reveals diaries kept by survivors forbi...

Boko Haram , Bring Back Our Girls (BBOG) campaign group , Chibok girls , hbo , Karen Edwards , Nigeria , Sasha Achilli , Stolen Daughters: 'Kidnapped by Boko Haram' the film

Boko Haram execute 2nd aid worker as negotiation deadline expires

By CNN,

An aid worker who was held hostage by Boko Haram for seven months has been executed after a deadline for negotiations expired, the Nigerian government...

Boko Haram , Saifura Hussaini Khorsa

Boko Haram threatens to kill kidnapped aid workers within 24 hours

By CNN,

Two International Red Cross Society (ICRC) aid workers kidnapped by a faction of Boko Haram in Nigeria's northeast may be executed Tuesday, the organi...

Aleksandra Matijevic Mosimann , Boko Haram , International Red Cross Society , President Muhammadu Buhari

U.N. says 833 children released by Boko Haram

By Reuters,

A militia fighting against the Islamist militant group Boko Haram in northeast Nigeria has released 833 children from its own ranks, some as young as ...

Boko Haram

Cameroon candidate Kamto declares victory, ruling party denies

By Reuters,

Cameroon opposition candidate Maurice Kamto declared victory in Sunday’s presidential election, but incumbent President Paul Biya’s party dismisse...

Cameroon , Cameroon Government Spokesman

4 things from Lee Njiru’s explosive interview on Kenyatta death and Moi’s takeover

By Benjamin Muriuki,

Kenya's founding president Mzee Jomo Kenyatta was abandoned and neglected by his aides and closest confidantes, hours before he died on August 22, 197...

Jeff Koinange , Kenyatta memorial , Lee njiru , Mzee Jomo Kenyatta , State House Mombasa

Tanzania pull out of Africa Championships in Asaba

By Agencies,

Tanzanian athletes pulled out of the biennual African Athletics Championships in Nigeria on Thursday citing poor organisation and security concerns at...

Africa Athletics Championships , Asaba , Asaba 2018

Eight killed in Nigeria mosque bombing

By CNN,

At least eight people were killed after a suicide bomber detonated explosives in a mosque in north-east Nigeria, police told CNN. The incident happ...

Boko Haram

Missing Chibok girls not coming back, Boko Haram commander tells police

By CNN,

The remaining missing Chibok girls are not coming back, a top Boko Haram commander has told Nigerian police. The revelation came after police arres...

Boko Haram , Chibok girls , Mayinta Modu

Trump wants to end Africa’s ‘vicious and violent’ conflicts

By CNN,

U.S. President Donald Trump has vowed to bring an end to "vicious and violent" conflicts in Africa. At a press briefing on the sidelines of a NATO...

Trump

Nigerian troops ‘raped rescued women’

By CNN,

Women and girls who have fled terrorist group Boko Haram are being raped by Nigerian soldiers, starved and forced to exchange food for sex, according ...

Amnesty International , Boko Haram , Nigeria Troops

Nigerian army frees 1,000 Boko Haram captives

By CNN,

The Nigerian army has said it rescued more than 1,000 Boko Haram captives in Borno state, northeastern Nigeria. The hostages consisted mainly of wo...

Boko Haram , Borno State , Chibok town , Texas Chukwu

45 dead in Nigeria attack

By Reuters,

At least 45 people died in an attack on a village in northern Nigeria, a police official told Reuters on Sunday, the latest in a string of incidents u...

Attacks , Boko Haram , Islamic State West Africa insurgency , Nigeria , President Muhammadu Buhari