Boko Haram-fuelled famine threatens 120,000 Nigerians as Lake Chad crisis deepens, UN warns
At least 120,000 people are facing starvation in northeastern Nigeria due to a "catastrophic" man-made famine caused by the insurgency of...
Alleged mastermind of Ivorian resort attack arrested, says RFI
The alleged mastermind of a deadly March 2016 attack on an Ivory Coast resort has been arrested in neighbouring Mali in a joint operation...
Ethiopia base in Somalia attacked by al-Shabab
Somali Islamist militant group al-Shabab says it has killed 60 Ethiopian soldiers in an attack on an African Union base in central...
Chad deploys 2,000 soldiers to troubled Niger
Troops sent across border to tackle Boko Haram in Niger after group invades Bosso town, forcing 50,000 to flee. About 2,000 troops from...
Somali plane hit by bomb, meant to kill all on board: minister
A blast that punched a hole in the fuselage of a plane this week was caused by a bomb meant to kill everyone on board, Somalia's minister...
Life after Al Shabbab's attack on El-Adde: How will Kenya respond?
According to Kenya’s Defence Chief General Samson Mwathethe, a massive vehicle-borne improvised explosive device triggered the Al-Shabaab...
Corruption in Military Defense Spending Could Be Behind Rise in Africa Terror Attacks
A series of recent terror attacks across Africa have raised fears of a new wave of extremist violence From Somalia in the east to the...
Al-Shabab seizes African Union base in Somalia
Al-Shabab militants have overrun an African Union military base outside the southern Somali town of el-Ade. The Islamist group says it...
Nigeria’s President Orders New Probe Into Chibok Abductions
Boko Haram took the 219 girls in April 2014 Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari ordered a new investigationinto the kidnapping of 219...
Cameroon suicide attack leaves at least 7 dead
At least seven civilians were killed Friday in a suicide attack in Kolofata, northern Cameroon, a region where Nigeria's Boko Haram...
