Ever-present Boko Haram threat casts shadow in Niger
Seven years after the first Boko Haram attacks in southeastern Niger, people in the city of Diffa, dare not even speak the group’s name. Residents...
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Asylum seekers describe harrowing conditions at converted barracks
Campaigners want camps housing asylum seekers to be immediately closed down after residents shared harrowing experiences (Picture Refugee Action/stock images) Asylum seekers housed in disused...
Mozambique jihadists push masses to Pemba
The population has soared in Pemba, a northern Mozambique port known for its wide bay, but rather than tourists coming for a swim, the newcomers...
Ethiopian crisis: Humanitarian aid for children must be a priority – UNICEF
Providing aid to millions of children uprooted by the ongoing crisis in the Tigray region of Ethiopia must be a priority, the head of the...
Boko Haram: UN concerned for safety of refugees in Niger
The United Nations voiced grave concern on Tuesday for the safety of thousands of refugees and internally displaced in the wake of a deadly Boko...
First foreign aid convoy reaches capital of Ethiopia’s conflict-hit Tigray
The first international aid convoy arrived Saturday in the capital of Ethiopia’s Tigray region since fighting broke out more than a month ago, triggering a...
End of a nightmare for Ethiopian refugee mother and child
It is every parent’s worst nightmare: to be separated from their child. And that is exactly what happened to Otash, an Ethiopian woman now living...
Ethiopia says U.N. team shot at in Tigray after defying checkpoints
A United Nations team visiting Ethiopia’s rebellious Tigray region was shot at after breaking through two checkpoints, the government said on Tuesday, proclaiming that it...
Bangladesh ships Rohingya refugees to remote island despite protests
More than 1,600 Rohingya refugees sailed on Friday from Bangladesh’s southern port of Chittagong for the remote island of Bhasan Char in the Bay of...
Ethiopia: Aid coming to Tigray as refugees recount war suffering
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed declared victory over the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) after federal forces captured the northern region’s capital Mekelle at the weekend....