Parties to resume campaigns after Nigeria poll postponement

By Reuters,

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday accused Nigeria’s electoral commission of incompetence over its organization of a national election as the main...

Boko Haram , Muhammadu Buhari , Nigeria

Army to be ‘ruthless’ against tampering in Nigeria’s postponed vote – Buhari

By Reuters,

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday warned that anyone trying to tamper with Nigeria’s postponed vote risked their lives and accused the electoral ...

APC party , atiku abubakar , Nigeria election , President Muhammadu Buhari

Nigeria in battle against fake news ahead of elections

By VOA,

In Nigeria fake news can be so outlandish, yet widely believed, that the president recently felt compelled to declare that he had not died and been re...

fake news , Nigeria election

The men who would lead Nigeria: the presidency, power and petroleum

By Reuters,

Nigeria had more than 70 candidates for president when campaigning began for Saturday’s elections. But only those from the two main parties - Pre...

atiku abubakar , Nigeria , Olusegun Obasanjo , President Muhammadu Buhari

France to continue military cooperation with Cameroon

By Reuters,

France said on Thursday its defense cooperation with Cameroon was continuing a day after the United States said it was halting some military assistanc...

Boko Haram , Cameroon , Maurice Kamto , President Paul Biya

U.S. halts some Cameroon military assistance over human rights: official

By Reuters,

The United States said on Wednesday it was halting some military assistance to Cameroon over allegations of gross human rights violations by its secur...

Cameroon , U.S

China just quietly wrote off a chunk of Cameroon’s debt. Why the secrecy?

By CNN,

When top Chinese diplomat Yang Jiechi met Cameroon President Paul Biya in the capital Yaounde last month and wrote off a chunk of the African country'...

China quietly writes off chunk of Cameroon debt. Why the secrecy?

By CNN,

When top Chinese diplomat Yang Jiechi met Cameroon President Paul Biya in the capital Yaounde last month and wrote off a chunk of the African country'...

cameroon china debt , Paul Biya

Insecurity throws Nigeria’s election preparations into disarray

By Reuters,

Muhammad Suleiman thought it was safe to go home after the army drove Islamist insurgents from his town in northeastern Nigeria three years ago. In...

election , Nigeria

Thousands flee Nigerian city into Cameroon fearing militant attack: UNHCR

By Reuters,

Around 30,000 people fled into Cameroon at the weekend from the Nigerian city of Rann, fearing an attack by Boko Haram militants, the U.N. refugee age...

Cameroon , fled , Nigeria , Thousands

Thousands flee Nigerian city into Cameroon fearing militant attack: UNHCR

By Reuters,

Around 30,000 people fled into Cameroon at the weekend from the Nigerian city of Rann, fearing an attack by Boko Haram militants, the U.N. refugee age...

attack , Boko Haram , Cameroon , Nigerian city of Rann

Top female candidate withdraws from Nigerian presidential race

By VOA,

(VOA) Nigeria’s leading female presidential candidate has withdrawn from the crowded field of candidates to help build a viable coalition to take on...

Nigerian female candidate , Presidential race

Nigeria’s leading female presidential candidate quits race

By Reuters,

The leading female candidate in Nigeria’s presidential election said on Thursday she had withdrawn from the race weeks ahead of the poll to help bui...

Muhammadu Buhari , Obiageli Ezekwesili , presidential election

Thousands of Nigerian refugees flee to Chad for safety

By VOA,

The U.N. refugee agency says thousands of Nigerian refugees are fleeing to Chad to escape a surge of violence in northeastern Nigeria’s Borno state....

Chad , Nigerian refugess

Nigeria’s ruling party accuses opposition of plotting pre-vote violence

By Reuters,

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari’s government accused the main opposition party of planning violence ahead of next month’s election in a nation...

atiku abubakar , Boko Haram , President Muhammadu Buhari , violence

Thousands flee as militants kill more than 100 soldiers in northeast Nigeria: aid agencies

By Reuters,

Armed groups have killed more than 100 soldiers and seized a huge stock of weapons in clashes in northeast Nigeria since Dec. 26, a report by a group ...

Soldiers killed in Nigeria

Pompeo calls for new spirit of cooperation between US, Arab allies

By VOA,

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met with Egyptian leaders Thursday on the third stop of his nine-nation tour of the Middle East. The top U.S. d...

Nigerian army raids newspaper over Boko Haram article

By CNN,

The Nigerian army raided the offices of a local newspaper and took away journalists who wrote an article that "divulged classified information" and pu...

Boko Haram , Nigerian army

UNICEF: Children in conflict face grave rights violations

By VOA,

Violence and insecurity have forced more than 28 million children from their homes in 2018, UNICEF said in a news release Thursday. The U.N. childr...

Nigerian police arrest suspected mastermind of 2015 Abuja bombings

By VOA,

Police said Friday that they had arrested the suspected mastermind of bombings by the Islamist militant group Boko Haram that killed 15 people in Abuj...

Abuja , Boko Haram , Umar Abdulmalik